On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, Ted Gervais wrote:
>
> Hi...and thanks for your response..
>
> At 01:39 PM 24/02/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> >On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, Ted Gervais wrote:
> >
> > > I just changed kernels and now it can't load any of the modules.
> > > When I run modprobe it is looking for modules.dep that used to exist.
> > > Rather than trying to load the new one that now exists in /lib/modules/
> > > directory.
> > >
> >How exactly did you change kernels? rpm -ivh <kernel rpm>
> >Did you edit /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo after installing the new
> >kernel, and before rebooting?
>
>
> No. It was a bit more complicated than that. I was running 'Fisher' and
> upgraded to Wolverine. The upgrade worked fine but the system was still
> looking for the old modules that used to exist before the upgrade.
>
Ok - that is a differnt story. It sounds like a bug in the upgrade
process. Is the kernel the same version, but different modules? If so,
try running depmod -a, and see if that helps.
You should also look at the symlinks in /boot to make sure System.map,
kernel.h, module-info, and vmlinuz point the the correct versions. But
I am just making a wild guess here...
> > >
> > > How can I tell it to forget about the old one and look at the new one???
> > >
> > > Also, I had thought of running make modules mdoules_install, but
> > > there is no kernel installed in /usr/src/ ?? Why does RedHat do
> > > that? Where in the world is the kernel installed? For example if
> > > you wanted to run 'make menuconfig' to change some of the
> > > kernel-settings, where would you go to do that??
> > >
> >You only get the Make file, and everything that goes with it if you
> >install the kernel-<version>-source RPM. This is a seperate package
> >from the pre-compiled kernel RPM. It is also MUCH larger. Splitting
> >the source and the compiled kernels into seperate RPMs is a good thing.
>
>
> Well - what about when you install RedHat from scratch. For example
> 'Fisher' or Wolverine?
> There is no kernel material to look at or change. Maybe the same with
> RedHat 7.0 Not sure.
>
That is because the default install does not install the kernel source.
I am trying to remember when/if the kernel source was installed in the
default installation. It is there if you want to install it, but you
have to deside you want it.
Mikkel
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