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by **waterbottlebood** » Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:24:18

Trying to rebuild a new kernel so I can use a new video driver. I
have re-compiled and rebuilt a few times during debug of the new
driver and each time have obtained "-custom" images in my /boot
directory. After my fourth attempt at getting the kernel built
correctly I am no longer seeing these files appear in the boot
directory. I'm not sure what I did differently aside from adding a
"0318" suffix to the "EXTRAVERSION" variable field in the
"/usr/src/linux.2.4.18-14" directory. Thinking that a numeric suffix
woudln't work I set EXTRAVERSION to "custom" again and re-built. The
files I am used to seeing are still not there.

Here are the exact steps I took:
cd /usr/src/linux.2.4.18-14
make mrproper
make menuconfig <-- yes I saved the .config file
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install

The "custom" suffix files no longer appear in the /boot directoy, and
the new boot entry in the /etc/grub.conf does not exist.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

by **Davi** » Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:48:30

> Trying to rebuild a new kernel so I can use a new video driver. I
> have re-compiled and rebuilt a few times during debug of the new
> driver and each time have obtained "-custom" images in my /boot
> directory. After my fourth attempt at getting the kernel built
> correctly I am no longer seeing these files appear in the boot
> directory. I'm not sure what I did differently aside from adding a
> "0318" suffix to the "EXTRAVERSION" variable field in the
> "/usr/src/linux.2.4.18-14" directory. Thinking that a numeric suffix
> woudln't work I set EXTRAVERSION to "custom" again and re-built. The
> files I am used to seeing are still not there.

> Here are the exact steps I took:
> cd /usr/src/linux.2.4.18-14
> make mrproper
> make menuconfig <-- yes I saved the .config file
> make dep
> make clean
> make bzImage
> make modules
> make modules_install

> The "custom" suffix files no longer appear in the /boot directoy, and
> the new boot entry in the /etc/grub.conf does not exist.

After compiling it did you install it with either of 2 ways?

1)
make install

2)
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-x.x.xx
cp System.map /boot/System.map-x.x.xx

Then edit /etc/lilo.conf or grib.conf and add the new kernel.
If using lilo run "lilo -v" and check for errors before rebooting.

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by **waterbottlebood** » Fri, 21 Mar 2003 01:54:20

> After compiling it did you install it with either of 2 ways?

> 1)
> make install

> 2)
> cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-x.x.xx
> cp System.map /boot/System.map-x.x.xx

> Then edit /etc/lilo.conf or grib.conf and add the new kernel.
> If using lilo run "lilo -v" and check for errors before rebooting.

I can't believe I missed the last step - make install. Sheesh. Thanks.

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