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Re: Problem with new kernel

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Ghens)
Fri Nov 15 18:55:32 1996

Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 15:31:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Ghens <michael@spconnect.com>
To: Bill Lathan <lathan@Onramp.NET>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199611152247.QAA28358@mailhost.onramp.net>
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Did you uncomment INSTALL_PATH in the makefile for the kernel?? Also did
you do your make moduals and make modules_install for modular kernals?

Michael

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On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Bill Lathan wrote:

> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:47:29 -0500
> From: Bill Lathan <lathan@Onramp.NET>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Problem with new kernel
> Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 17:47:40 -0500
> Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
> 
> I have used "make xconfig" to create a kernel for my specific needs and 
> hardware. If I use"make zdisk," I get a kernal on a floppy that will 
> boot my system nicely. However, whenever I try "make zlilo" or use the 
> procedure as described in the user's guide for RH 4.0 (pp. 38-40) 
> with modifications as on p. 41 for a monolithic kernel, I cannot get 
> a vmlinuz image in /boot that will actually boot the system. When I 
> attempt to use the vmlinuz that was created via "make zdisk," etc., 
> it starts loading and then reboots the computer. During the various 
> attempts to get a valid vmlinuz, I get errors and a message 
> indicating that my root partition, /dev/hdb7, is not on the first 
> disk. That's fairly obvious and caused no problems in RH 3.0.3.
> 
> Anyone have any words of wisdom for this problem?
> 
> 
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