When I try and do the make install portion of building the kernel it gives me this error.

+ /etc/lilo/install
./install.sh: line 40: /etc/lilo/install: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20.SuSE/arch/i386/boot'
make: *** [install] Error 2

I don't even have lilo installed nor do I even use it... Anyway to disable this? I use GRUB. These are the steps I followed to compile the kernel.

#cd /usr/src/linux
#make clean
#make mrproper
#patch -p1 < /root/usb-visor-2.4.20-pre11.patch
#make xconfig
#make dep
(Then I edited the EXTRAVERSION line in the Makefile.)
#make
#make bzImage
#make modules
#make install
#make modules_install

When I do the make modules_install it gives me this error

depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.20-2.4.20-RemsKernel-2003.05.17/kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.o
depmod: reiserfs_permission_locked


I have no clue what to do to fix this one either. I did get the kernel to compile once, but I put my patch in there before the make clean and make mrproper. Does that matter at all? It did give me that same reisorfs error the first time I compiled it and it worked, but it also gave me a different error at times.

You can skip the 'make install' bit and put your new kernel in your /boot partition manually. It will be in the ./arch/i386/boot/ directory of the kernel source, and it's called bzImage.

just use the good old 'cp' command. Be sure to rename it so it doesn't overwrite your current kernel.

If you need help setting up grub to boot your new kernel let me know....

you can do a make -i install
i for ignore errors and continue.

Alright, I think that's fine, I do however still have the problem with the reiserfs thing when doing make modules_install It's the

mkdir -p pcmcia; \
find kernel -path '*/pcmcia/*' -name '*.o' | xargs -i -r ln -sf ../{} pcmcia
if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.4.20-2.4.20-RemsKernel-2003.05.17; fi
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.20-2.4.20-RemsKernel-2003.05.17/kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.o
depmod: reiserfs_permission_locked
In the howto I am going off of on www.linux.org it says that Unresolved symbols usually means that the module didn't build or something and to do make modules, but I already did make modules . It sounds like it's not letting me do it almost because my drives are using reiserfs right now or something? I don't think I can ignore this error, as I do get a kernel panic when trying to run the kernel, and the error comes up when it's trying to initiate reiserfs. I tried to go back and set the reiserfs to yes, instead of module it gives me the same error while doing make bzImage.

Thanks for explaining the other stuff though.