Re: Kernel compile blues

[Jérémie Knuesel <jeremie.knuesel@epfl.ch>]

Try using kernel-package: I've compiled a lot of kernels without problem 
with it, just following the instructions on this page:

http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html

Also, if you want to install a 2.6 kernel, make sure you have installed 
the module-init-tools package.

Another site you may find helpful (never used but it seems comprehensive):

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2949

Yours,

Jeremie Knuesel


Deboo wrote:
> I'm using debian woody. Been compiling kernels since quite many years on
> Slack, RH and Mandrake. It's very few times I have completely been
> successful booting with the compiled kernel in debian (Have used sarge
> too).
>
> Past few days I have been sitting just compiling and re-compiling various
> kernels, all except 2.4.18 have failed to boot. Some don't compile and
> give errors, others mostly have a problem with initrd image anf get stuck
> saying
> VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 03:06
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06
>
>
> I've compiled morre than four 2.4.x kernels, one 2.6.0 and three 2.2.x
> kernels, some with and without patches too, these last few days I've been
> compiling. I'm not concluding anything but really wondering how people
> really compile.
>
> I do not know C or C++. I'm no programmer. Most of the time compiling
> fails due to some error in some .c file which I cannot know how to do. At
> other times, it's something else like modules. Yes, I've been able to do
> monolithic kernels and able to boot without problems with them I would
> say. But the modular ones, hardly 2 - 3 times.
>
>
> I'll list the steps I use for compiling (what am I missing?)
> [...]