From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751393AbWHIWE4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Aug 2006 18:04:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751397AbWHIWE4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Aug 2006 18:04:56 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:29609 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751393AbWHIWEz (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Aug 2006 18:04:55 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:07:37 -0700 From: "Randy.Dunlap" To: Brian McGrew Cc: Subject: Re: Upgrading kernel across multiple machines Message-Id: <20060809150737.7a0c99ee.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.3; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:52:41 -0700 Brian McGrew wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using a Dell PE1800 and I've built a new 2.6.16.16 kernel on the machine > that works fine. However, if I tar up /lib/modules/2.6.16.16 and /boot and > move it onto another Dell PE1800 running the exact same software (FC3/Stock > install) the new kernel doesn't boot. > > On machine #1 life is good but moving it to machine #2, I get > > /lib/ata_piix.ko: -l unknown symbol in module. > > What am I missing? Someone help please, I'm in a major time crunch! Hi again, Were you able to get any more kernel log messages? They will say exactly which symbol(s) is missing. Maybe adding "debug" to the kernel command line would produce more messages, although many init scripts change that setting (ugh). --- ~Randy