Installing a new kernel on Fedora Core 4!!

vishamr2000 · 04-04-2007, 03:47 AM

Hi to all,

I wanted to know if we can install a 2.6.20 kernel on Fedora Core 4. I've tried it but it doesnt work..i wanted to know if there are certain issues related to this.

Warm regards,
Visham

Lenard · 04-04-2007, 03:58 AM

Sure, but you will have to build the kernel yourself, use the source from kernel.org and follow these steps after extracting the kernel source;

make mrproper
make oldconfig
make menuconfig
make
make modules-install
make install

Be sure to review the Linux kernel in a Nutshell after extraction of this bz2 file:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...kn_pdf.tar.bz2

Note take the time and effort while using 'make menuconfig' that your hardware will be supported. The 'make oldconfig' will get you close to start with.

vishamr2000 · 04-05-2007, 06:20 AM

Dear Lenard,

First of, many thx for the reply..

Actually that's how I do kernel compilation all the time..However, I'm getting this error:

Quote:

Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempt to kill init!

I know three ways to solve this:

1) compile EXT3 FS statically into kernel itself, i.e., CONFIG_EXT3_FS = y in .config.

2) pass parameters to root, i.e instead of root=Label=/1, put root=/dev/hda*

3) install kernel headers for the new kernel.

I have tried looking for kernel headers for a 2.6.20.4 for Fedora Core 4 but I'm not finding it.

Can you pls help me out..

Warm regards,
Visham