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Re: Compiling help Please
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (tfreeman)
Thu Oct 31 20:54:51 1996
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 20:49:14 -0500 (EST)
From: tfreeman <tfreeman@vnet.net>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
cc: jklaren@krusty.qualcomm.com
In-Reply-To: <199610290616.WAA02417@krusty.qualcomm.com>
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Bingo! Exactly the nudge I needed (or I got lucky this time). I did need
to compile into the kernal SCSI support and ext2 support - but after that
- she runs! (I don't use IDE)
And I now have (but very scratchy) my sound card back up!
Now to decide which of three networking projects/challenges to work on now
8-)!
In any event - thanks for a perfect post.
On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Jon Klaren wrote:
>
> tfreeman <tfreeman@vnet.net> wrote:
> [tfreeman wants to recompile kernel and needs to use loadlin to boot]
> > I think the actuall compile is not a problem: just run through the steps
> > of make mrproper, configure, dep, clean, zlinuz(or what ever, this is
> > memory), then make modules & install_mod. My question is: what do I put
> > into the initrd file? (For that matter, how can I mount the initrd file
> > suport provided to look at how they did it?)
>
> My advice: don't bother with the initrd. That's really only useful for
> the installation. process goes like this:
> # make mrproper
> # make config
> # make dep; make clean
> # make zImage
> # make modules; make modules_install
>
> copy /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage to your dos filesystem, (but
> don't throw away the kernel that you know is working!) then modifiy the
> loadlin command line to read:
>
> a:\loadlin a:\zimage root=/dev/hda1 ro
>
> This assumes you're booting from a: and that /dev/hda1 is your linux
> root partition, make changes as necessary.
>
> Assuming kerneld and depmod get called in the startup scripts, which
> should happen if you're running Red Hat 4.0, you're all set.
>
> The only possible caveat is that you might need to edit
> /etc/conf.modules, to get support for some things that are compiled as
> modules. But if you get that far, send mail back to the list & we'll
> help.
>
> -Jon
> ---------
> Jon Klaren
> San Diego, CA USA
> jklaren@qualcomm.com
>
>
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