kernel upgrade

N_A_J_M · 08-22-2002, 10:33 PM

ok just one little question!
what am I doing wrong?

I have just compiled my first kernel and cant get it to boot!
I am upgrading to version 2.4.19

I have done everything it says to do at www.milkywaygalaxy.freeservers.com

but still cant get it to boot.
I built the image using the command:
nohup make bzImage & tail -f nohup.out

from the /usr/src/linux-2.4.19
directory.

Im wondering if it has something to do with the options i chose in xconfig?

when I chose my new kernel to boot fron lilo
it starts off ok
the last thing it says is:
Uncompressing Linux...Ok, booting kernel.

and then it stops with a blank line?

My system confing is:
AMD Athlon 1700Xp
512mb DDR
40Gb Maxtor hdd
soltek mainboard
geforce 2 ti
creative sound blaster live 5.1
realtek nic

if anyone is able to give me some suggestions on this they are most welcome, because i have no idea what is going wrong? (even reading books doesnt seem to give me much help!!)

also if you could give me some tips concerning the xconfig?

cheers guys

rverlander · 08-22-2002, 10:44 PM

Anyone who follows instructions from milkyway galaxy (aka the guy who makes websites with linux kernel 2.0.36, the html of milkyway galaxy website had
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Mozilla/4.07 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i586) [Netscape]">) must be braindead
You needa enable ext3 in xconfig as most distros use ext3

rverlander · 08-22-2002, 10:46 PM

Also what distro do u use?

rverlander · 08-22-2002, 10:47 PM

Also your supposted to just use:

make bzImage

Not anything other onto the make bzImage command

N_A_J_M · 08-22-2002, 11:00 PM

Im using Redhat 7.2

i think that nohup command lets you view the output?
thanx for the help
i will continue to try new things!
considering i have an amd athlon xp
do i still choose athlon in the xconfig?
just wondering?

neo77777 · 08-22-2002, 11:15 PM

Aha, and nohup is very usefull you can send the job to background and keep you terminal clean
nohup make bzImage &
and then you can view nohup.out in the current directory if the current directory is not writable nohup.out is saved in ~/nohup.out if it is impossible too nohup quits.

rverlander · 08-23-2002, 12:25 AM

For Red Hat 7.2/7.3 you need to enable ext3

N_A_J_M · 08-23-2002, 10:12 AM

where do I enable ext3 ?
is it in the xconfig?
which section?
sorry have searched through all the questions in xconfig and i cant find it!

thanx again

N_A_J_M · 08-23-2002, 10:19 AM

where do I enable ext3 ?
is it in the xconfig?
which section?
sorry have searched through all the questions in xconfig and i cant find it!

thanx again