Re: Compiling a kernel that works

2003-06-30 Thread Craig Small
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 09:12:53PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > That worked fine, once I included the ext3 (which I remembered) and the > > tulip card (which I forgot) > > > > That seems happy. I normally use make-kpkg and install the resulting > > .deb file. Could that be the reason why it is b

Re: Compiling a kernel that works

2003-06-30 Thread Craig Small
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 08:05:40PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 11:07:00AM +1000, Craig Small wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 02:37:28PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > > First, compile a stock sparc64 kernel, without any of these patches. Use > > > 2.4.21, and do: > > > >

Re: Compiling a kernel that works

2003-06-30 Thread Craig Small
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 02:37:28PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > First, compile a stock sparc64 kernel, without any of these patches. Use > 2.4.21, and do: > > cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.21 > cp arch/sparc64/defconfig .config > make oldconfig > make dep > make vmlinux > > After that, try to boot vmlinux

Re: Compiling a kernel that works

2003-06-29 Thread Ben Collins
> This happens even if I put it on the silo line, eg > linux root=/dev/hda1 > > The only way to get it to work is to break to the ok prompt and type > boot linux root=/dev/hda1 > > it then knows the kernel paramters are "root=/dev/hda1" and mounts / > correctly and happily goes on its way. Not s

Re: Compiling a kernel that works

2003-06-29 Thread Ben Collins
> That worked fine, once I included the ext3 (which I remembered) and the > tulip card (which I forgot) > > That seems happy. I normally use make-kpkg and install the resulting > .deb file. Could that be the reason why it is breaking? Nope...I use make-kpkg aswell. I'd say you are just creating

Re: Compiling a kernel that works

2003-06-29 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 11:07:00AM +1000, Craig Small wrote: > On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 02:37:28PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > First, compile a stock sparc64 kernel, without any of these patches. Use > > 2.4.21, and do: > > > > cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.21 > > cp arch/sparc64/defconfig .config > > ma

Re: Compiling a kernel that works

2003-06-29 Thread James Morrison
> Old-Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:57:38 +1000 > Content-Disposition: inline > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Small) > X-Spam-Level: > Resent-From: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org > X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/12322 > X-Loop: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org > Resen

Re: Compiling a kernel that works

2003-06-29 Thread nate
Craig Small said: > Hello, > I seem to be having a lot of problems getting a kernel that will work > on the sparc64 arch. All I need it to do is to use a VPN protocol - any > VPN protocol. be sure your using the egcs64 compiler to build the kernel. I have built 2.4.x kernels on my ultra 1 with

Re: Compiling a kernel that works

2003-06-27 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 03:57:38PM +1000, Craig Small wrote: > Hello, > I seem to be having a lot of problems getting a kernel that will work > on the sparc64 arch. All I need it to do is to use a VPN protocol - any > VPN protocol. First, compile a stock sparc64 kernel, without any of these pat

Re: Compiling a kernel that works

2003-06-27 Thread Steffan Baron
> >When I try to compile a kernel and then boot it I get this: >Boot device: disk File and args: > >SILO boot: > >Uncompressing image...

Compiling a kernel that works

2003-06-26 Thread Craig Small
Hello, I seem to be having a lot of problems getting a kernel that will work on the sparc64 arch. All I need it to do is to use a VPN protocol - any VPN protocol. Here is my sorry tale of VPNs - IPsec - doesn't work because the ioctls fail - l2tpd - bus error - pptpd kernel oops if i try