Re: recompiling the debian kernel..getting wierd messege.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On 10/08/08 15:11, Michael Habashy wrote:



On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:
andreimpopescu@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

On Wed,08.Oct.08, 15:16:41, Michael Habashy wrote:
> Newbie quetion here - I just tried following the tutorial on how
to compile
> a debian kernel -
http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_debian
>
> It worked great - till i had to initialize with the new
kernel...I keep
> getting these messeges:
>
>
> Waiting 16 seconds for /*sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev* to show up.
/bin/cat:
> /*sys/block/
> sdb/sdb1/dev*: *No such file or directory*. *Device* /*
> sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev
>
>
> does anyone have an idea ???

What .config did you use? If you just made small modifications it would
be nice to write which ones (you can use diff).

Regards,
Andrei
--
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)


How can i do this ???
i over written the .config file that was there with the one that is
provided by the 2.6.18.6 <http://2.6.18.6> kernel by default. i just did
minor modifications like add sata driver support because it was not enabled.


The kernel has changed quite a lot since .18.

If you want to use the existing 2.6.18 .config file (which *is*
reasonable!), you need to run
$ make clean
$ make oldconfig

This takes and updates the .config file with all the stuff that's been
added since 2.6.18, while prompting you to choose what "new stuff" you want
added to your kernel.

--
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no
hook beneath it." -- Thomas Jefferson


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thanks - will try this - but the tutorial says to remove the line

# CONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST="/lib/modules/$UNAME_RELEASE/.config"

out of the config file -- is this necessary ??????


thanks
mjh

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