Re: Kernel Compilation
Hello
Roman Kouzmenko (<roman@kouzma.com>) wrote:
> I've managed after some work to install debian on my new Dell machine
> (ICH7 controller + SATA): I debootstrapped the system from Knoppix and
> then installed the latest kernel 2.6.15-1-686-smp from the backports
> with initramfs-tools. I need to recompile it to add support for some
> hardware (not relevant here).
>
> Unfortunately, it seems that I can't even recompile the 2.6.15-1-686
> kernel with the same configuration my machine uses. The step I'm
> making:
>
> apt-get install linux-source-2.6.15
>
> unpack the sources, go to kernel sources directory
> copy /boot/config-2.6.15-1-686 to .config
=> This is when you should have run "make oldconfig" to apply the new
configuration from your Debian Kernel.
> make bzImage
=> And this is where I suggest you use kernel-package/make-kpkg instead,
e.g. `fakeroot make-kpkg --revision 1.0 kernel_image`. This will create
a Debian package with the kernel and modules in /usr/src. Use dpkg -i
to install it.
> make modules
> make modules_install
> I copy the bzImage and System.map to boot, generate an initrd.img file
> using initramfs -o /boot/initrd.img
>
> and then reboot the machine with the new initrd image and bzImage.
> The system reports it can't find my root device /dev/sda1 (which is
> SATA on ICH7)
Did you reconfigure your bootloader accordingly? Did you tell it where
the initrd is? Btw, if you use kernel-package, this will be done
automatically.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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