Compile Kernel 2.6 under Debian Sarge

[falko]

And which file system do you use? Please post your /etc/fstab here.

[Flip]

I had already done that in this post

http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/sho...5&postcount=20

[falko]

So you're using ext3, and ext3 is enabled as a module in your kernel.
Did you create a ramdisk or put the ext3 driver into /etc/mkinitrd/modules, as Layn suggested?

[Wraithfire]

Ok so I've been following this post now for about 5 days or so i guess. I seem to be having the exact same problem that Flip is. Following your initial instructions back at top, i finished with the same error message as Flip and i noticed as you pointed out falko that the initrd line was missing from /boot/grub/menu.lst So after editing that, i rebooted and got an error of unable to mount root unknown block (3,1) instead of (0,0). So it seems that maybe Layn is correct about the ext3 driver since i also enabled ext3 support in the make menuconfig. So how do I go about adding the ext3 driver into /etc/mkinitrd/modules file? Also, if i followed your instructions exactly falko, would that have created a ramdisk?

[falko]

Originally Posted by Wraithfire

So how do I go about adding the ext3 driver into /etc/mkinitrd/modules file?

Can you post the output of

updatedb
locate ext | grep -i "/lib"

?

Originally Posted by Wraithfire

Also, if i followed your instructions exactly falko, would that have created a ramdisk?

Yes, that's right.

[Wraithfire]

OMFG I am such a noob
I got the system to boot up fine following your directions, I added ext3 to /etc/mkinitrd/modules. I had noticed from one of your earlier posts that the initrd line was missing from /boot/grub/menu.lst for Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16 Default. So what i was doing was adding initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16 to that section for Default and Default (Recovery). Then I just now noticed that /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16 was already on Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16 a little bit farther down in the file. The difference between the 2 is that the second is not (Default), and they are listed the same way in the boot menu. So i left the initrd line out of the (Default) section, selected that at boot up menu and it loaded up great, version 2.6.16 So I guess I was pointing grub to a different kernel image then i should have?

[sbovisjb1]

Yes i quite agree...
also if you want to install custom dependincies, just create files(in the apt-get shell directory)that describes the location and the keys of updates... that way when ever you want to update anything you can have the files you want.

[chief_officer]

Hello,

I tried to update my kernel to 2.6.16.1 yesterday. I have downloaded the kernel to /usr/src and untar'ed it and then finished the menuconfig. When I typed

/usr/src/linux.2.6.16.1#make-kpkg clean

I get the following error message:

make:*** No rule to make target `kpkg-clean'. Stop.

Meantime, when I type

/usr/src/linux.2.6.16.1# fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --revision=custom.1.0 kernel-image-2.6.16.1-custom_1.0.deb

I get the following error message:

Error: Unknown target kernel-image-2.6.16.1-custom_1.0.deb use --targets to display help on valid targets

I am following your tutorials from the following to update my kernel:
http://www.falkotimme.com/howtos/deb...pile/index.php
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21

and also from official debian site:
http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge...h08s05.html.en

I did a fresh install of Debian Sarge on my Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 [didn't do dist-upgrade]. And yes, I have never compiled a kernel before.

Regards,
Chief

[falko]

Please try to follow this: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21 to the letter. Maybe you made a typo somewhere or some other mistake.

[coolvik]

Hi,

thanks for the guide!

I've downloaded the 2.6.16.1 kernel and made the configuration.

Everything seems to work fine until I boot the system with the new kernel. It hangs almost at the end.

I've a Dual Xenon EM64t system. And thats why I want to use this later kernel version, becouse the regualr 2.6.8 em64t smp kernels don't work either.


Anyone with experiences in this?