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Old 11-09-2002, 03:00 PM   #1
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Debian 3.0 (Woody) w/2.4.18-586tsc


Help!!! I installed kernel-image-2.4.18-586tsc and when I boot with this it goes into an loop after the INIT with the message:

modprobe: cannot create /var/log/ksymoops/<todaysdate>.log Read-Only file system

How do I fix this?

 
Old 11-09-2002, 03:32 PM   #2
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Forget it.
 
Old 11-09-2002, 05:06 PM   #3
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Forget it.
That's pretty short. Care to explain more throughly? How about offer an alternative instead of just saying throw-up your hands and forget it. I WANT the 2.4 kernel, I want it because I want the PPPoE feature built-into it, not having to deal with what I've had to deal with 2.2.x for far too long.
 
Old 11-10-2002, 01:47 AM   #4
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I had that error message on my box for as long as I use debian.It came up after I switched from kernel 2.2.19 to 2.4.16.I did want to check into it but the question came up on the debian mailing list and all it is about is that there is no ksymoops on the system.If it ain't there the kernel can't find it.From the info I gathered - not a lot actually - it is needed for kernel debugging.Since I am not a kernel developer I don't need it.
 
Old 11-11-2002, 10:20 AM   #5
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I had that error message on my box for as long as I use debian.It came up after I switched from kernel 2.2.19 to 2.4.16.I did want to check into it but the question came up on the debian mailing list and all it is about is that there is no ksymoops on the system.If it ain't there the kernel can't find it.From the info I gathered - not a lot actually - it is needed for kernel debugging.Since I am not a kernel developer I don't need it.
So you went back to 2.2.19 kernel, or what? If I used the kernel-package tools and built my own kernel (I don't have any 'crazy hardware' what I have seems to be supported well by the 2.4.18bf kernel, would that be the way to go if I wanted to get away from the 2.4.18bf kernel, or are there no drawbacks to running the 2.4.18bf kernel?

 
Old 11-11-2002, 05:40 PM   #6
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No - I didn't do anything.I always do a net install with whatever kernel pops up there - you never know since netinstall is not really supported by debian.Then I compile my kernel - can't use deb's since my shitty onboard graphics wouldn't do much of 3d acceleration on a standard kernel.After that the errror message comes up - never had a problem with it.Do you got any trouble related to this error message?
BTW - if I build other distro's - like gentoo - that require that you compile your kernel I don't get that message at all.
 
Old 11-13-2002, 02:08 AM   #7
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Re: Debian 3.0 (Woody) w/2.4.18-586tsc

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Originally posted by gboutwel
modprobe: cannot create /var/log/ksymoops/<todaysdate>.log Read-Only file system

How do I fix this?
Read-Only file system. It looks like its trying to create (write) the log file, so maybe it needs to be a Read/Write filesystem.

Can you specify RW at the boot prompt?

I recently installed Debian 3.0 and I just compiled my own kernel (2.4.19) the old fashion way...manually, without any problems!

Last edited by BittaBrotha; 11-13-2002 at 02:11 AM.
 
Old 11-13-2002, 07:21 PM   #8
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i went from 2.2.20 to 2.4.18 last night - my first time compiling. didn't have any problems. did it to get my forking sound card to work.

but i've got dsl and use synaptic for all my apt-getting needs
 
Old 11-13-2002, 10:28 PM   #9
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i went from 2.2.20 to 2.4.18 last night - my first time compiling. didn't have any problems. did it to get my forking sound card to work.

but i've got dsl and use synaptic for all my apt-getting needs
Anyone care to share the steps? Do you start with an stock config, or use some other config? Where do you get the ocnfig if from somewhere else? I've never had a lot of luck compiling without starting with an config I know has produced an working kernel.

 
Old 11-14-2002, 03:51 AM   #10
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this is on a debian box. debian 3 "woody".
these are the last commands issued from 'su'

apt-get install libncurses5-dev
make menuconfig
make dep
make dep clean bzImage modules modules_install install
 
Old 11-14-2002, 08:33 AM   #11
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this is on a debian box. debian 3 "woody".
these are the last commands issued from 'su'

apt-get install libncurses5-dev
make menuconfig
make dep
make dep clean bzImage modules modules_install install
Does using kernel-package mess this up somehow? Or can I use it and it work essentially the same?
 
  


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