From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Bort <333101@personal.net.py> Subject: Re: compiling kernel for an alphaserver (VERY OLD ONE) Date: 26 Apr 2003 09:48:48 -0300 Sender: linux-alpha-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <1051361328.1967.64.camel@Gandalf> References: <1051322644.1967.55.camel@Gandalf> Reply-To: 333101@personal.net.py Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org El s=E1b, 26 de 04 de 2003 a las 05:47, M=E5ns Rullg=E5rd escribi=F3: > Alan Bort <333101@personal.net.py> writes: >=20 > > Ok... here is the deal. > >=20 > > I've read a couple tutorials on compiling kernel and stuff... but i= n > > both my machines I have Mandrake 9.1 and a friend told me that it h= ad > > some compatibility issues with the new plain kernel... ANyway... th= e > > problem is that I want to put the new kernel (not the latest, just > > 2.4.20) on my Alphaserver200 Is that possible.. (I KNOW IT IS)... >=20 > Don't use 2.4.20 on Alpha, it has nasty bugs. 2.4.19 is fine, as are > 2.4.21-pre1 and up. Ok. I'll dload it. >=20 > > Since Lilo is not an option... what happends if I missconfigure > > something??? how do I boot to another kernel??? from the bios conso= le??? >=20 > Have you read the aboot man pages. On Alphas, aboot does what lilo > does on PCs (approximately). I'll read them > > I've noted that the downloadable file is only 4 MB (a little less).= =2E. is > > that the FULL kernel??? >=20 > Is that already compiled? My kernels usually end up around 1.5 MB in > size, or ~2.7 MB uncompressed. well: 4,0M patch-2.4.20.bz2 that's what du patch-2.4.20.bz2 returns.... >=20 > > I'm currently running RH7.0 on my alpha and It's an important machi= ne in > > my network... it's the router and the http/sendmail/ftp/etc server.= =2E. > >=20 > > I'd appreciate all the help you can give me here... I'm new to linu= x (at > > least at this level) and I certainly never did somthing like this..= =2E I > > don't want to screw THIS one... I'm already downloading RH9 that is= n't > > supposed to have any trouble with the not-mdified kernel... so I th= ink I > > can screw that one up a few times... also... it's an x86 intel... s= o > > LILO works and I can boot to any kernel I want. >=20 > Read about aboot. >=20 > If you're new at this stuff, you WILL screw it up once or twice befor= e > you learn it. That doesn't mean that you'll loose any data, of > course. But I will be able to boot to my good kernel... won't I? --=20 Alan Bort Linux Registered User 298277 -Country Manager- [http://counter.li.org] [ http://www.linuxquestions.org ] Username: Ciccio [ http://es.tldp.org ] Ciccio.- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-alpha" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html