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Re: Upgrading to 2.6



hi,
is module-init-tools installed?

On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Christopher Judd wrote:

> Hello,
>
>      I've been running a 2.4.18 kernel for quite some time and I decided
> to try upgrading (running testing).  I downloaded the 2.6.4 source from
> unstable.  I built the kernel package with make-kpkg, but when I try to
> install the .deb I get the following error:
>
> gibbs:/usr/src# dpkg -i kernel-image-2.6.4_cdj.1.0_i386.deb
> (Reading database ... 77918 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace kernel-image-2.6.4 cdj.1.0 (using kernel-image-2.6.4_cdj.1.0_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement kernel-image-2.6.4 ...
> Setting up kernel-image-2.6.4 (cdj.1.0) ...
> /usr/sbin/mkinitrd: add_modules_dep_2_5: modprobe failed
> FATAL: Module aic7xxx not found.
> FATAL: Module sg not found.
> FATAL: Module sd_mod not found.
> Failed to create initrd image.
> dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.4 (--install):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  kernel-image-2.6.4
>
> In the configuration (make menuconfig) I specified comipiling aic7xxx
> support, but not as a module.  What gives?  Did I miss some step?
>
> -Chris
>
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