Kernel compile problems

[Asheville Joe]

Just a note - you've probably already checked this, but I've seen a lot 
of posts on bad downloads.  Have you verified the md5sum to make sure 
what you got is good?

Joe

Dave Andruczyk wrote:

>--- Robert Dege <rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU> wrote:
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>>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??
>>
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>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
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>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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