Re: Monolithic kernel again

[Matt Hemingway <matt.hemingway@pcnalert.com>]

hmm.

I haven't used RH in years, so I'm not sure what the initrd lines are about.  Also, what are you doing a "make install" on?  

I build my 2.4.x kernel's via make mrproper (if it's new), make (menu)config, make dep && make bzImage all in the top level kernel source. Then cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage over my current kernel (for me it's /boot/vmlinuz).  Well, first I backup the current one to /boot/vmlinuz.old, then overwrite.  Then I update /etc/lilo.conf accordingly.

My lilo.conf file is something like this (yours will be a bit diff. of course):

boot=/dev/hda
root=/dev/hda2
default=Linux-2.4.20
image=/boot/vmlinuz
        label=Linux-2.4.20
	read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz.old
        label=Linux-2.4.19
	read-only

Then I run lilo and get a nice pat on the back...usually.

-Matt

 
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:28:40 -0400 (EDT)
Tony Gogoi <tgogoi@cse.Buffalo.EDU> wrote:

> 
> Hi matt,
> 
> Yes, I tried first without "nomodules", exactly the same thing happens.
> 
> I don't have an "image=" line. I have "initrd" lines in lilo.conf created
> by "make install". Do you use"make install" ?
> 
> The default option points to the working default modular kernel.
> 
> > This is just my personal experience, but I build with no module support
> > all the time and I've never put the root="nomodules /dev/hda9" in the
> > lilo.conf file.  Have you tried it without the "nomodules" statement?
> >
> > Also, are your boot= default= and image= options set right (especially
> > to the new kernel and not the previous one)?
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> > On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:01:28 -0400 (EDT)
> > Tony Gogoi <tgogoi@cse.Buffalo.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > This question is about the monolithic kernel again. Hope I'm not bugging
> > > the newsgroup. But I've tried many things and things still don't seem to
> > > work.
> > >
> > > My kernel is 2.4.20-8 from RedHat CD 9.0. I compiled the kernel without
> > > module support. My lilo line as a root="nomodules /dev/hda9". Booting
> > > seems to begin normally.
> > >
> > > Booting stops saying QM_MODULES: function not implemented. I have read on
> > > the net that that could be fixed with module-init-tools. But my question
> > > is rather generic: All the problems I get are related to module support. I
> > > have tried modifying the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit to avoid modprobes etc
> > > script etc but to no avail.
> > >
> > > I would be grateful for some suggestions on how to make a monolithic
> > > kernel completely independent of any module support.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Tony
> > >
> > >
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