Kernel compile problems

[Cyber Source]

I will give that a try too, every time I have attempted to recompile a
kernel, it has failed. Let us know if it works for you Robert, as I
probably won't get to it for a while.
On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 12:02, Dave Andruczyk wrote:

> --- Robert Dege <rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU> wrote:
> > 
> > I'm trying to compile the 2.4.21 kernel on RedHat 7.3.  When I get to the
> > part of make modules_install (or make install for that matter), it craps
> > out in the end when it executes the depmod.
> > 
> > Every module that I have selected in the config reports unresolved
> > symbols.  I even tried previous configs that compiled successfully in the
> > past, but the same problem exists.
> > 
> > Any suggestions??
> > 
> 
> I've seen that before,  it is caused by not starting from a presitine tree..
> 
> do this to resolve:
> cd /usr/src/linux. (assume your new tree is in this path)
> cp .config /tmp
> make mrproper  <-- very important,  makes the tree "super clean"
> cp /tmp/.config .
> make menuconfig  
> 	LEt it open, and then just save and exit. (needed to load the .config file and
> setup a few things for the build)
> 
> make dep clean && make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install && cp
> arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21
> 
> The "&&" are used instead of ";" so that if any part fails, the build will stop
> there and not try and continue.
> 
> make your initial ramdisk if you use one (not everyone uses one) 
> (mkinitrd -f /boot/initrd-2.4.21.img 2.4.21)
> edit your grub.conf or lilo.conf (rerun lilo if you edit it) and add a section
> for your new kernel and initrd (if used).  do NOT delete your old kernel entry
> from lilo.conf or grub.conf in case this build fails to boot for whatever
> reason (typo in config file, or missing hw support in the kernel)
> 
> Reboot on your new kernel..
> 
> 
> 
> =====
> Dave J. Andruczyk
> 
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