Re: make install problems

[Kevin Breit <mrproper@ximian.com>]

On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 11:34, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:29:42 -0400 Kevin Breit <mrproper@ximian.com> wrote:
> 
> | On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 11:14, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> | > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:16:19 -0400 Kevin Breit <mrproper@ximian.com> wrote:
> | > 
> | > | Hey,
> | > | 	I setup a test6 kernel without module support.  I did a make install
> | > | and got:
> | > | 
> | > | Kernel: arch/i386/boot/bzImage is ready
> | > | sh /usr/src/linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/i386/boot/install.sh 2.6.0-test6
> | > | arch/i386/boot/bzImage System.map ""
> | > | /lib/modules/2.6.0-test6 is not a directory.
> | > | mkinitrd failed
> | > | 
> | > | How can I fix this?
> | > 
> | > We've seen this before, and I thought that we had determined that
> | > it was a tools problem.  Is "depmod" in $PATH the depmod from
> | > modutils or the one from module-init-tools?
> | > I.e., what does 'depmod -V' say?
> | 
> | modutils-2.4.22-8
> | 
> | [root@kbreit linux-2.6.0-test6]# depmod -V
> | depmod version 2.4.22
> | 
> | 
> | > and what execs mkinitrd?  I don't find it with a quick grep.
> | 
> | No clue
> 
> You need to use module-init-tools with 2.6.x, not modutils.
> You can find them at
>   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/
> Just get the latest version.

Why do I need this for a moduleless kernel?

Kevin