[plug] RH7.1 kernel rebuild boot problem

[Bill Kenworthy]

At least with Mandrake, old-config can get you in a lot of strife.
2.2.19 and old-config basicly didnt match what was installed (or rather
what old-config said was present, and what actually was installed were
different!) and wouldnt build once make old-config was run.  I have not
tried since I reset the options manually.  There was at least one other
Mandrake kernel (on 7.0 I think) which also was unbuildable out of the
box.

BillK

On 31 May 2001 09:44:43 +0800, Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima wrote:
> On Thu, 31 May 2001, Paul Dean wrote:
> 
> > this is ok, but you may need to update your .config file once in a while
> > for new features.
> >
> > I found it is better to try and start from scratch each time, while keeping
> > a "backup" copy, helps you learn building and understanding kernels more.
> 
> 
> Nahhhh thats what make oldconfig is for.
> 
> 
> try this next time
> cd /usr/src
> mkdir configs
> cp linux-`uname -r`/.config configs/config-`uname -r`
> <install kernel sources/patches>
> cd <new kernel tree>
> make mrproper
> cp ../configs/config-`uname -r` .config
> make oldconfigA
> make dep bzImage modules modules_install
> 
> 
> Then you'll ONLY get prompted for the new options
> 
> I agree that you _can_ learn more about the kernel by building your config
> from the ground up.
> 
> Yours Tony.
> 
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