Re: 2 GB RAM support in woody
--- saravanan ganapathy <sarav_gsa@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > How did you compile your kernel? Did you use
> > > > make-kpkg? Did you use
> > > > /boot/config-2.4.18-686 for building new
> kernel?
> > > >
> > > > I'd suggest you to do the following:
> > > >
> > > > 1. unpack
> /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18.tar.bz2
> > > > 2. copy /boot/config-2.4.18-1-686 to .config
> in
> > the
> > > > top dir of kernel source
> > > > (kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686 should be
> installed)
> > > > 3. enable highmem. make menuconfig
> > > > 4. build kernel with make-kpkg: "make-kpkg
> > --initrd
> > > > --revision='revision01'
> > > > kernel_image"
> > > > 5. install new deb
> > > > 6. reboot
> > > > 7. tell us about your luck :)
> > > >
> > > > Good luck!
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Alexei Chetroi
> > >
> > > I did the same way as u told , my steps are as
> > follows
> > >
> > > 1)apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18
> > > 2)cp /boot/config-2.4.18-bf2.4
> > > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/.config
> > > 3)make menuconfig
> > > Select 'Load config from file' and choose
> > .config
> > > Enable 'smp', 'highmem4G'
> > > 4)make dep
> > > 5)make-kpkg clean
> > > 6)make-kpkg --revision=debian.2.4 kernel-image
> > > 7)dpkg -i
> kernel-image-2.4.18_debian.2.4_i386.deb
> > > 8) Reboot
> > >
> > > Got kernel panic. Any mistakes I did?
> > Did you indicated correct root device? I suppose
> > you use lilo as boot
> > loader. Did kernel-image correctly updated
> lilo.conf
> > and rerun lilo?
> > IIRC bf2.4 is compiled more statically, so try to
> > install
> > kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686 and use its config file.
> > If you try this, you
> > should use make-kpkg with --initrd and do you
> really
> > need smp? I've
> > missed begging of the thread and don't know if
> your
> > machine is smp
> > capable.
> >
> > --
> > Alexei Chetroi
>
>
> I am using lilo and the kernel-image was updated
> correctly in lilo.conf.The hw have dual processor,
> so
> I must enable smp support.
>
> I was not including --initrd option in make-kpkg, I
> 'll try and post the result
>
> Sarav
I have included --initrd option in make-kpkg and also
in lilo, but got the same error
Any other probs?
Sarav
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