How do I install kernel modules for 2.6.17.13 after choosing huge26.s in install?

i.of.the.storm · 02-10-2007, 07:19 PM

Hi, I'm more or less a total

at Linux and I've been trying to install Slackware 11, but I can't get the kernel modules to install properly. After choosing the kernel and finishing installation, it tells me to reboot but I put in the 2nd CD for the kernel modules package, but then if I cd to cdrom it's not mounted or something. I tried doing mount /dev/cdrom and that doesn't work. How am I supposed to switch CDs after the installation completes?

BCarey · 02-10-2007, 10:04 PM

Did you reboot? It is unclear from your posting. What To Do depends on whether you were able to boot the system or not.

Brian

i.of.the.storm · 02-10-2007, 10:09 PM

Yeah, I can boot into Windows and Linux also boots, but there are FATAL error messages about missing modules. I can even get into X (KDE works fine, but no mouse at all) but I can't get the packages off the CD.

BCarey · 02-10-2007, 10:20 PM

What message do you get when you try "mount /dev/cdrom" ?

Brian

i.of.the.storm · 02-10-2007, 10:24 PM

Uh, I forgot. I'm in Windows right now, and I don't want to reboot again. I think it was something about it not being in fstab? I'll try again later.

BCarey · 02-10-2007, 10:30 PM

Try mounting the cd as root. Assuming that works, then you can fix your fstab so that you can mount as a regular user.

Brian

i.of.the.storm · 02-18-2007, 07:46 PM

Oh yeah, when I try to mount the CD it says no media in device. Could it make a difference that I'm using a DVD+-RW drive? This is all really weird. If I try to take out the CD1 and put in CD2 right after installation and before rebooting and mount it nothing happens. I also have no internet for some reason, even though it's through ethernet, and so I can't download the packages with wget. Or at least lynx and links both don't work. I think maybe if I have time I'll just install the 2.4 kernel and compile my own 2.6, it'd just be nice to have a working 2.6 kernel that I can fall back on since it's much faster than a 2.4 on my computer. I have compiled my own kernel before, so that's not much of an issue.

H_TeXMeX_H · 02-18-2007, 08:03 PM

Well, after you install slackware, just do the following to install the modules (this what I do):

1) Install Slackware (if haven't done so already)
2) Reboot (Ctrl-Alt-Del as it tells you to)
3) Put in the CD containing the modules package (in /extra) (or just the DVD)
4) Mount the CD/DVD

Code:

mount /dev/hdc /mnt/tmp

I'm not sure which device is the DVD-ROM drive on your computer, try running this to find out:

Code:

/sbin/blkid

This will give you something like:

Code:

/dev/hdc: TYPE="iso9660" 
/dev/hda1: UUID="049952c2-7f76-48bf-8a24-960b7a968f8c" TYPE="jfs" 
/dev/hda2: TYPE="swap"

For me it is /dev/hdc (fs type is iso9660 ... CD/DVD-ROM media)
5) Run this

Code:

cd /mnt/tmp/extra/linux-2.6.17.13
installpkg kernel-modules-2.6.17.13-i486-1.tgz
cd
umount /dev/hdc
eject /dev/hdc

6) Reboot and it will work