Kernel 2.6.7 installation from Slackware 10 packages?
 

Hi there,

Well I was wondering how to install the 2.6.7 kernel from the testing directory on the CD. There are packages, but I don´t know how to proceed. Can anyone please explain me?

cd to the kernel directory.

installpkg everything except the headers.

Edit lilo. Run lilo. Reboot. Enjoy.

(Don't forget to run the mkinitrd script linked in /boot if you use reiser and the generic kernel.)

Thank you very much :)

I have a few questions, though, I don´t use lilo, i use loadlin, and as I read from the README.initrd there is a line that is added to lilo.conf, because initrd is required to run the 2.6.7 kernel, so my question is, would loadlin start the 2.6.7 kernel the usual way, or do I have to add some things. For example, I have a copied bzimage of the bare.i 2.4.26 on my windows partition, and when I want to run Slackware, I write ´loadlin bzimage root=/dev/hda8 ro´ and now I may have to add something that loads initrd. And the other thing is, when I install the packages, can I copy the 2.6.7 kernel image from /boot to my windows partition?

I'm not sure if an initrd is required - virtually required for most anything, but I think it's possible to run an ext3 system (probably with stuff missing) without it.

I've only used loadlin to load zipslack, and I forget the details. Don't have a loadlin man page handy, either, but I suspect it would take an 'initrd' argument or something. As far as copying the kernel, I don't see why not. But why not use lilo?

Anyway, I suspect it would be okay but someone who was more familiar with loadlin could probably answer better. Like I say, check the man page and it should say what to do. Good luck. :)

Well if it doesn´t work I´ll install lilo. :) Really thanks for the help very much :) :)

Well, I got an error 'Kernel Panic: VFS Could not mount root filesystem', when I booted the 2.6.7 kernel image with loadlin. I ran the mkinitrd script with the command 'mkinitrd -c -k 2.6.7 -m reiserfs' like it's written in the readme file, but should I have a mkinitrd package in the kernel packages folder? Well, I installed everything except the headers and the root filesystem cannot be mounted..
Does anyone have an idea how to solve this?

Did the mkinitrd script produce an 'initrd.gz'? And can loadlin take the 'initrd' argument? For lilo, it's:
I'd figure if you were booting off of a 'boot' on your windows drive, that's where the initrd needs to be, too. It could mean a lot of things, but probably means it didn't find the initrd, so couldn't load the module, so couldn't mount root.

This should work but other options are lilo or compiling a kernel with reiser built in.

yes that's what I thought too :) I now have a working Slackware 10 with a 2.6.7 kernel! :) I read the manual of loadlin and there I found that it is possible to load a ramdisk with just adding 'initrd=image' and it worked! :) everything is okay now and works perfectly, I think! :) Thanks for the help!

Congrats! Glad you got it working. :)