On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:35 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:39:00 -0500 > > Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 19 February 2004 12:06 am, John Drouhard wrote: > > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:56:03 -0500 > > > > I tried building the 2.4.25 kernel, but I have one problem. I did make > > dep and make clean etc. separately because make all wasn't working. But, > > I can't find the bzImage. I did 'make bzImage' twice, but It's not there. > > Any idea where it might be? > > > > Marc > > I don't know why you are trying to build a 2.4 kernel, unless there is a > specific reason for it, but you have to type: > make dep clean && make modules bzImage > > then as root: > make modules_install > > I highly suggest you try the 2.6 kernel first. As for your black screen > problem, change the line that says vga=788 to vga=normal. > > Here is my entry for my 2.6 kernel (with vga=normal): > image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.1 > label="linux2.6.1" > root=/dev/hdc5 > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.1.img > append="devfs=nomount splash=silent noapic acpi=off hdb=ide-cdrom > hdd=ide-cdrom" read-only > vga=normal > > If that still doesn't work, I guess you could try following my > instructions from the beginning, skipping the parts about bootsplash. > But try vga=normal with your 2.6 kernel first. > > John
Just wondering...What does the 'devfs=nomount' mean, because all of my other lilo entries say 'devfs=mount'. Also, I was just trying the 2.4 kernel to see if it might work. In other words, I was in a hotel room in Delaware and I was bored. =) --Marc
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