Need help in building a Linux Kernel

oliviapesayco · 06-20-2007, 04:22 AM

Hi there. I am really new in Kernel... I am currently builning it from a virtual machine... however, I am getting error message when I run the make command

When I run "make oldconfig",

I was prompted to some questions, I entered "y" in some. And "N" in some prompts. Now, when I executed command, I am getting this error :

/root/linux-2.6.17.13-pudding/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh: Cannot open 'y'
make[1]: *** [usr/initramsfs_data.cpio.gz} Error 1
make: *** [usr] Error 2

Please help me....

markush · 06-20-2007, 04:41 AM

Hello,

it looks like you answered y when you have been asked for a path.

Markus

oliviapesayco · 06-20-2007, 07:32 AM

Hi Markus.

thanks for your response. I there a way that I can undo what I did? Can I go back and untar the source again? Will it undo everything that I did?

Thanks again.

Quote:

Originally Posted by markush

Hello,

it looks like you answered y when you have been asked for a path.

Markus

lord-fu · 06-20-2007, 09:17 AM

If you overwrite it by extracting new files over the old it will undo everything. Alternatively you could change into that directory and edit the config file by hand with your favorite text editor and remove your mistakes.
Example.
#cd /usr/src/linux
#vi .config

markush · 06-20-2007, 10:00 AM

Hello,

I think that make oldconfig creates a file .config.old. Use

Quote:

ls -al

on youre console and look at which time both files (.config and .config.old) were created. If there is an update do a

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cp .config.old .config

and run make oldconfig again. Normally you find one version of your .config in the /boot directry.

oliviapesayco · 06-25-2007, 07:14 PM

Thanks Markush. I copied the old config file to ".config", compiled it and everything started working....