Re: [Cooker] kernel-2.4.21.0.pre4.3mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm fails in no /dev/loop
On Wednesday February 5 2003 09:20 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: That did not work for me. Modprobe loop gives GPL and undefined errors in the pre4-2 kernel. I was able to successfully install the pre4-3 kernel by booting to an old kernel and then installing the pre4-3. Charles I complied from kernel-source (for Athlon, ie, the -_k7's below) tom# /sbin/mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.21pre4-2k7.img initrd-2.4.21pre4-2k7 /boot/initrd-2.4.21pre4-2k7.img already exists. I'm runnin -2k7 (EXTRAVERSION edit), there were no problems either compiling or booting. I always uncomment 'export INSTALL_PATH=/boot' in Makefile so that a last step of 'make install' puts the needed files and links in /boot for me. tom# /sbin/mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.21pre4-3k7.img initrd-2.4.21pre4-3k7 /lib/modules/initrd-2.4.21pre4-3k7 is not a directory. modules$ l 2.4.21-0.pre3.1k7/ 2.4.21pre3-2k7/ 2.4.21pre4-1k7/ 2.4.21pre4-2k7/ 2.4.21-0.pre3.1mdk/ 2.4.21pre3-3k7/ 2.4.21pre4-1mdk/ 2.4.21pre4-3k7/ ^^^ 2.4.21pre4-3k7$ l build@ modules.generic_string modules.parportmap modules.usbmap kernel/ modules.ieee1394map modules.pcimap pcmcia/ modules.dep modules.isapnpmap modules.pnpbiosmap 2.4.21pre4-3k7/ is a directory. with all the same stuff in it as 2.4.21pre4-2k7/ which had/has no problems. 'make install' failed to make an initrd.img, and I'm unable to make an initrd for -3k7 by hand. vmlinuz and system.map were correctly created and placed in /boot for -3k7, and lilo.conf was correctly edited (ie, -3k7 stanza added), but with the exception of no initrd= statement. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
Re: [Cooker] kernel-2.4.21.0.pre4.3mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm fails in no/dev/loop
guran wrote: Hi [root@localhost Documents]# urpmi kernel-2.4.21.0.pre4.3mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm kernel-BOOT-2.4.21.0.pre4.3mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm kernel-doc-2.4.21-0.pre4.3mdk.i586.rpm kernel-doc-2.4.21-0.pre4.3mdk.i586.rpm kernel-secure-2.4.21.0.pre4.3mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm Some package requested cannot be installed: kernel-doc-2.4.21-0.pre4.3mdk.i586 do you agree ? (Y/n) installing kernel-2.4.21.0.pre4.3mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm kernel-doc-2.4.21-0.pre4.3mdk.i586.rpm kernel-secure-2.4.21.0.pre4.3mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm kernel-BOOT-2.4.21.0.pre4.3mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm Preparing...## 1:kernel-2.4.21.0.pre4.3mdk## mke2fs 1.32 (09-Nov-2002) mount: could not find any device /dev/loop# mke2fs 1.32 (09-Nov-2002) mount: could not find any device /dev/loop# There was an error when generating initrd try to do a : /sbin/mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.21pre4-3mdk.img 2.4.21pre4-3mdk and see the errors look like there was a problem, the default vmlinuz version is not the same of the initrd which mean you have a mdk kernel and not a mdk initrd you may go in trouble 2:kernel-doc ## 3:kernel-secure-2.4.21.0.pre4.3mdk## mke2fs 1.32 (09-Nov-2002) mount: could not find any device /dev/loop# mke2fs 1.32 (09-Nov-2002) mount: could not find any device /dev/loop# There was an error when generating initrd try to do a : /sbin/mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.21pre4-3mdksecure.img 2.4.21pre4-3mdksecure and see the errors look like there was a problem, the default vmlinuz version is not the same of the initrd which mean you have a mdk kernel and not a mdk initrd you may go in trouble 4:kernel-BOOT-2.4.21.0.pre4.3mdk## [root@localhost Documents]# /sbin/mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.21pre4-3mdk.img 2.4.21pre4-3mdk mke2fs 1.32 (09-Nov-2002) mount: could not find any device /dev/loop# Can't get a loopback device regards guran I ran into this 'could not find any device /dev/loop#' and similar failure to mkinitrd on a kernel install once. Seems what I did was modprobe loop and mkinitrd to solve. Don't know why this was needed.
Re: [Cooker] kernel-2.4.21.0.pre4.3mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm fails in no/dev/loop
On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 18:09:58 -0800 Rolf Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ran into this 'could not find any device /dev/loop#' and similar failure to mkinitrd on a kernel install once. Seems what I did was modprobe loop and mkinitrd to solve. Don't know why this was needed. That did not work for me. Modprobe loop gives GPL and undefined errors in the pre4-2 kernel. I was able to successfully install the pre4-3 kernel by booting to an old kernel and then installing the pre4-3. Charles -- God made the world in six days, and was arrested on the seventh. - Mandrake Linux 9.1 Kernel- 2.4.21pre4-3mdk - msg90070/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [Cooker] kernel-2.4.21.0.pre4.3mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm fails in no/dev/loop
On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 19:20, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 18:09:58 -0800 Rolf Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ran into this 'could not find any device /dev/loop#' and similar failure to mkinitrd on a kernel install once. Seems what I did was modprobe loop and mkinitrd to solve. Don't know why this was needed. That did not work for me. Modprobe loop gives GPL and undefined errors in the pre4-2 kernel. I was able to successfully install the pre4-3 kernel by booting to an old kernel and then installing the pre4-3. Yep, Boot with kernel-2.4.21.0.pre4.1mdk and loop.o can be inserted. I will keep it preciously because modprobe loop also fails with kernel-2.4.21.0.pre4.3mdk. -- Quel Qun [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
