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

On 10/08/08 16:23, Michael Habashy wrote:


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

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Jefferson LA USA

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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 ??????

There *is* such a line in my /usr/src/linux/.config, but there is no corresponding /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/.config.

So, I have no definitive answer to your question.

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