RedHat 8.0 installed > need to compile kernel to load the IEEE1394 & SBP2 modules at boot so I can use my firewire hd & dvd rom. This works right out of the box woth Mandrake 9.0.
I used RedHat update >upgraded to 2.4.18-17.8.0 kernel > installed itself including boot configuration.

Three partitions /boot & / (Ext3) & swap.

I do the following : cd /usr/src/linux-2.4 >
make mrproper
copy the config 2.4.18-17.8.0 file from /boot to /usr/src/linux-2.4 > rename it to .config.
make xconfig > go thru each category >check the config file to make sure CONFIG_SCSI=m, CONFIG_IEEE1394=m are listed
make dep
make clean
Edit Makefile for new version
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
make install > I use Grub as the bootloader

I check the /boot folder > the original vmlinuz file is 3mb EXECUTABLE.
The new vmlinux is smaller > says unknown instead of Executable.
New Initrd image is created without a problem.

Of course when I reboot into the new kernel I either get all the way to kernel panic > no init found or "file system is ext2fs part type 0x83 > error 13 : invalid or unsupported executable format"

WHAT AM I MISSING ???

I really want to learn how to do this correctly > I've tried doing this several times > tried comparing the config file to Mandrake 9.0 > nothing works.

Help !!!!!!!

Hi,

The link below should help you, it helped me.

http://www.csb.yale.edu/userguides/s...ire_admin.html

Mabuhay,
greyhoundz1718

Ohhh I forgot the starting from 2.4.12 kernel the firewire support is loaded in the kernel no need to compile, I hope this helps.

I reinstalled again > this time EXT2 FS. Now the message that the IEEE1394 > SBP2 failed to logon to the device comes right at the end of the boot up messages. This has been the first time a kernel recompile has been able to boot.

New to this > still haven't solved the Firewire logging on to the device problem.

Check if the modules below are installed, use lsmod, if not you can manually install it using modprobe -v <module_name>.

* ieee1394
* ohci1394
* sbp2

Please check out the URL I gave that will surely help.

http://www.csb.yale.edu/userguides/s...ire_admin.html

lsmod:

Module Size Used by Not tainted
ppdev 6796 0 (autoclean)
audigy 79144 1 (autoclean)
ac97_codec 13416 0 (autoclean) [audigy]
sound 74228 0 (autoclean) [audigy]
soundcore 6500 7 (autoclean) [audigy sound]
radeon 94008 0
agpgart 42912 1
binfmt_misc 7524 1
parport_pc 31848 1 (autoclean)
lp 8996 0 (autoclean)
parport 37152 1 (autoclean) [ppdev parport_pc lp]
autofs 13348 0 (autoclean) (unused)
via-rhine 15596 1
mii 2156 0 [via-rhine]
ipt_REJECT 3736 6 (autoclean)
iptable_filter 2412 1 (autoclean)
ip_tables 14840 2 [ipt_REJECT iptable_filter]
floppy 56700 0 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 10512 0
ide-cd 33608 0
cdrom 33696 0 [ide-cd]
mousedev 5524 1
keybdev 2976 0 (unused)
hid 22244 0 (unused)
input 5920 0 [mousedev keybdev hid]
usb-uhci 26188 0 (unused)
usbcore 77056 1 [hid usb-uhci]
sbp2 19328 0 (unused)
ohci1394 20012 0 (unused)
ieee1394 46956 0 [sbp2 ohci1394]
sd_mod 13552 0 (unused)
scsi_mod 107080 3 [ide-scsi sbp2 sd_mod]


Will check out the site > are the kernels that different between RedHat 8.0 & Mandrake 9.0 ? Other than creating a directory in /mnt and a desktop shortcut I didn't have to do anything with Mandrake.
The Mandy Control Center has a lot more hardware info than the RH Hardware Browser.

This logging on problem > RH sees both FW devices but can't log into the hard drive or dvd rom. Is there a configuration setting that needs to be changed?

Thank's for your help.

This is my etc/modules.conf file:

alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias eth0 via-rhine
alias sound-slot-0 audigy
post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
alias usb-controller usb-uhci
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
alias scsi_hostadapter sbp2