Re: New kernel does not install
On 2005-11-05 20:39:15, John Plate wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've installed Debian stable, the kernel is 2.6.8.
>
> Next, I download kernel headers and source for 2.6.8. I copy the
> /boot/config... to /usr/src/kernel-source directory as .config.
>
> I do a make menuconfig and exit with no changes.
>
> Then I make a new kernel-image with:
>
> make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot --append-to-version -jp --revision 01 kernel_image
>
> This should make a kernel identical to the one installed.
>
> I then install the kernel with:
>
> dpkg -i kernel-image...deb
>
> The new kernel cannot boot. The kernel installed can still boot.
>
> What is the problem?
Probably the initrd.
Try
# make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot --append-to-version -jp --revision 01
--initrd kernel_image
Felix
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