Re: custom kernel

[David Raeker-Jordan <rkrjrdn@epix.net>]

> On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 05:47:45PM +0100, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> > I've compiled 2.4.17 kernel as kernel-image package on my woody machine and 
> > installed it on a potato machine. I made a reboot with the new kernel and 
> > after that it refused to load modules ("Can't locate module...").
> > 
> > lsmod and even modconf doesn't list any module, so I tried 'depmod -ae 
> > 2.4.17' but that didn't help. It created /lib/modules/2.4.17/modules.dep but 
> > the file is empty.
> > 

According to the Documentation/Changes file that came with the kernel
sources, you need the following versions for a 2.4 kernel to run. I suspect
this your problem:


Version Needed					How to check for current version
__________________________________________________________________
o  Gnu C                  2.95.3                  # gcc --version
o  Gnu make               3.77                    # make --version
o  binutils               2.9.1.0.25              # ld -v
o  util-linux             2.10o                   # fdformat --version
o  modutils               2.4.2                   # insmod -V
o  e2fsprogs              1.25                    # tune2fs
o  reiserfsprogs          3.x.0j                  # reiserfsck 2>&1|grep reiserfsprogs
o  pcmcia-cs              3.1.21                  # cardmgr -V
o  PPP                    2.4.0                   # pppd --version
o  isdn4k-utils           3.1pre1                 # isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version
			  

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David Raeker-Jordan
mailto:rkrjrdn@epix.net
Harrisburg, PA, USA