On 3/29/06, Bo Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 29 March 2006 21:58, Lord Sauron wrote: > > Okay, here's where I've isolated the problem to. This might be a > > rather lengthy explanation, so make sure you have about 15 minutes on > > your hands before diving in. However, the explanation shouldn't take > > long - I've never actually compiled/installed/used a kernel before. > > Okay, enough apologising in advance: down to business. > > > > I know that it correctly compiles the kernel. I put a new name for > > the new kernel (test1) to try and ID it as it floats about all the > > other kernels I'm too scared to delete. > > > > # make install > > > > Sticks it into /boot. /boot now reads > > > > System.map config.old > > System.map-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 grub > > System.map-2.6.15-gentoo-r1.old > > initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5 System.map-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1 > > kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5 > > System.map-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1.old lost+found > > System.map.old vmlinuz > > boot vmlinuz-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 > > config vmlinuz-2.6.15-gentoo-r1.old > > config-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 vmlinuz-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1 > > config-2.6.15-gentoo-r1.old vmlinuz-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1.old > > config-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1 vmlinuz.old > > config-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1.old > > > > Not terribly exciting. However, I went to /boot/grub/menu.lst and it > > reads as such: > > > > localhost boot # cat ./grub/menu.lst > > default 0 > > timeout 7 > > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > title=Gentoo Linux > > root (hd0,0) > > kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/ram0 > > init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 > > initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5 > > > > The most concerning part is the last three lines. For any kernel, it > > appears to demand the kernel itself. If you'll refer back to # ls > > /boot then you'll notice that kernel-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1 isn't > > there. > > Sure it is. It's vmlinuz-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1 and make install even made a > symlink to it: vmlinuz.
So that's what it's all about... Okay, that makes sense now. > If you type ls -l /boot/vmlinuz it should give something that end on: > /boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1 > > > Nor is the initrd. > > If you don't use genkernel you don't actually need an initrd. If you want one > you have to enable it. I can't tell you how since I don't use it myself. Okay. So there are two ways of making kernels, and one of them is with Genkernel and I'm not using that so I don't need to worry, right? > > I don't know where they might be, or if > > they're not there then how to generate them. > > Try adding the following to /boot/grub/menu.lst: > > title Gentoo Linux test1 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 > > This will create a new menu item in Grub during start up. If you want this > kernel to be selected by default you either add above the genkernel menu item > shown above or change the default to 1. After default you can add a fallback > line and set it to another kernel than the default. > > This is a part of my menu.lst: > ================================================================ > # Boot automatically after 30 secs. > timeout 5 > > # By default, boot the first entry. > default 0 > > # Fallback to the second entry. > fallback 1 > > # Reboot 5 seconds after a kernel panic > panic=5 > > # Nice splash image for grub :) > splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > title Gentoo Linux > root (hd0,1) > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 video=vesafb-tng:[EMAIL PROTECTED],mtrr,ywrap > splash=silent,theme:livecd-2006.0 quiet > CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 > initrd /fbsplash-livecd-2006.0-1400x1050 > > title Gentoo Linux (Old) > root (hd0,1) > kernel /vmlinuz.old root=/dev/hda6 video=vesafb-tng:[EMAIL > PROTECTED],mtrr,ywrap > splash=verbose,theme:livecd-2006.0 quiet > CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 > initrd /boot/fbsplash-livecd-2006.0-1024x768 > ================================================================ > > The indented lines are on the end of the kernel line above them. My initrd's > are create by splashutils and have nothing to do with compiling the kernel. > If they are removed it boots just as well just without the livecd-2006 theme. > > > If I can find out those two things then I should be able to test my > > new kernel and see if it actually worked. > > > > On 3/28/06, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:51:11 +0200, Bo Andresen wrote: > > > > > Sorry, what does YMMV mean? > > > > > > > > Those are the resources that I use for that kind of questions: > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMMV > > > > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ymmv > > > > > > You can also emerge wtf. > > > > I assume wtf will tell me what wtf stands for... is the last letter > > representative of a forbidden word, by any chance? > > Of course ;) : > > $ wtf wtf > WTF: {what,when,where,who,why} the fuck > > > > $ wtf ymmv > > > YMMV: your mileage may vary > > > > > Yeah, it's just that the wiki and sometimes the urban dictionary are often > more detailed. :) > > -- > Bo Andresen > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- ========== GCv3.12 ========== GCS d-(++) s+: a? C++ UL+>++++ P+ L++ E--- W+(+++) N++ o? K? w--- O? M+ V? PS- PE+ Y-(--) PGP- t+++ 5? X R tv-- b+ DI+++ D+ G e* h- !r !y ========= END GCv3.12 ======== -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
