Re: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Russell wrote: > > Michael Olds wrote: > > > > Russell, > > > > Ok...I am going to remake my package... ... > echo "System backup successful" > exit 0 I forgot to update the script. Change ext2 to ext3 if that's what you have. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Michael Olds wrote: > > Russell, > > Ok...I am going to remake my package...without initrd as I thought it not > such a good idea to have my main file system as a module and so included it > in the kernel. > > You say: Backup your HDD. Easy for you to say: I come from Windows where I > press tw

Re: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .003

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Michael Olds wrote: > > Russell, et al, > > Third draft. A couple of questions asked below still remain: > > > > [ ]A. Before 1: Download and create a recovery floppy from: > http://www.toms.net/rb/ > > [ ]1.a. Download the latest kernel source package (use a Debian source) to > /usr/src (th

RE: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001

2002-10-13 Thread Michael Olds
] Subject: Re: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001 Michael Olds wrote: > > Russel...noted and I will do a revision shortly...however I got as far as > making the package with the --initrd option and managed to control my > fingers long enough to read the caution about editing

RE: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .003

2002-10-13 Thread Michael Olds
Russell, et al, Third draft. A couple of questions asked below still remain: [ ]A. Before 1: Download and create a recovery floppy from: http://www.toms.net/rb/ [ ]1.a. Download the latest kernel source package (use a Debian source) to /usr/src (this is where it will be installed if you use

Re: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Michael Olds wrote: > > Russel...noted and I will do a revision shortly...however I got as far as > making the package with the --initrd option and managed to control my > fingers long enough to read the caution about editing lilo at the end...so I > have not installed my package. I am using ext3

RE: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001

2002-10-13 Thread Michael Olds
Mike Olds www.buddhadust.org -Original Message- From: Russell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 4:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001 Michael Olds wrote: > > Russell, et al &

Re: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Michael Olds wrote: > > Russell, et al > > Still a draft! Please note questions and also corrected typo in 2 "libc6" > > > > [ ]1. Download the latest kernel to /usr/src/linux/kernel/ (if no > /usr/src/linux/kernel dir exists, make it. In the links above, Linus says it's bad to do builds in

RE: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .002

2002-10-13 Thread Michael Olds
Still a draft: Note: need sources for the Linux Documentation listed. Clarification needed: one source (sourceforge) does not mention a /usr/src/linux directory in it's method, the other source (linuxorbit) suggests using a /usr/src/linux directory and creating a symbolic link from /usr/src/kernel

RE: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft .001

2002-10-13 Thread Michael Olds
Russell, et al Still a draft! Please note questions and also corrected typo in 2 "libc6" [ ]1. Download the latest kernel to /usr/src/linux/kernel/ (if no /usr/src/linux/kernel dir exists, make it. Question: the kernel source package downloaded directly to /usr/src for me...is it safe to move

Re: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft

2002-10-13 Thread Russell
Michael Olds wrote: > > Russell, Torsten, et al: > > This is the "method" I have written up in my notes for a Debian Style Kernel > Rebuild. My feeling after all this is that this is something that as hair > raising as it might seem for beginners, should be one of the first things we > learn, no

RE: Kernel Panic~: Rebuild Kernel: miniHOWTO draft

2002-10-13 Thread Michael Olds
Russell, Torsten, et al: This is the "method" I have written up in my notes for a Debian Style Kernel Rebuild. My feeling after all this is that this is something that as hair raising as it might seem for beginners, should be one of the first things we learn, not to be delayed. It would be good