[plug] RH7.1 kernel rebuild boot problem

[Alan Graham]

I did exactly this on a red hat 7 sys, pentium 100.  I got the same
error, because I made the same assumption.  I changed the processor, and
it worked fine.

Alan Graham

On 30 May 2001 10:48:12 +0000, psteege at tpg.com.au wrote:
> I am building this on a Pentium 233.
> As far as copying, I verified the file date/time of the bzImage file 
> so I know I am copying the latest created image.
> I did not set processor options.  I assumed that when I do a kernel 
> rebuild, the make file uses the current .config file and just updates 
> it from the additional entries I am making.
> Is that correct, or a bad assumption ?
> In the future, once I have one working, I will save my kernel config 
> files so I can return to a previous build.
> 
> > At 05:48 PM 30/05/2001 +1000, you wrote:
> > >Sorry I forgot to add that to the initial email.
> > >Yes I did the following order:
> > >cd /usr/src/linux (using 2.4.2-2 kernel)
> > >make mrproper
> > >make menuconfig
> > >make dep
> > >make clean
> > >make bzImage
> > >make modules
> > >make modules_install
> > >cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/mykernel-2.4.2-2
> > >vi /etc/lilo.conf (edited for new kernel)
> > >ran lilo.conf (no problems)
> > >
> > >No errors anywhere, until I reboot and it says "uncompressing 
> kernel" and
> > >stays there.
> > 
> > What Processor are you building this for?
> > Did you set your Processor options in menuconfig?
> > If so you will need to go to the right dir and copy that image, I 
> find that 
> > running "make install" works pretty good for the last option.
> > 
> > /***** Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to 
> recognize a 
> > mistake when you make it again.
> > Franklin P. Jones *****/
> > 
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