Alright. This is my problem.
I'm trying to get Mandrivia 2007 free to work on my laptop and all is going well except for my ipw 2200BG. So I compile the new 2.6.19.1 kernel and include the drivers. I put the firmware in the /lib/firmware folder so everything is cool except that I have to get the new kernel to boot. I use lilo (by default don't know how to change to grub). I edited lilo.conf to be as such:
Quote:
# File generated by DrakX/drakboot
# WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file
default="2.6.19.1"
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
keytable=/boot/us.klt
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
compact
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-5mdv
label="2.6.17-5mdv"
root=/dev/hda5
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.17-5mdv.img
append=" resume=/dev/hda1 splash=silent"
vga=788
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.19.1
label="2.6.19.1"
root=/dev/hda5
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.17-5mdv.img
append=" resume=/dev/hda1 splash=silent"
vga=788
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux-nonfb"
root=/dev/hda5
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" resume=/dev/hda1"
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="failsafe"
root=/dev/hda5
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" failsafe resume=/dev/hda1"
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Notice in red is an incorrect img file for the new kernel. I need the kernel img for 2.6.19.1 not 2.6.17-5mdv. Here is what is in my /boot:
Quote:
[brad@localhost boot]$ dir
boot.0300
kernel.h
System.map-2.6.17-5mdv
config
kernel.h-2.6.17-5mdv
System.map-2.6.19.1
config-2.6.17-5mdv
map
us.klt
config-2.6.19.1
message
vmlinuz
grub
message-graphic
vmlinuz-2.6.17-5mdv
initrd-2.6.17-5mdv.img
message-text
vmlinuz-2.6.19.1
initrd.img
System.map
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I complied the kernel with the following comands:
tar -xfj ... bz2_file (may have been four letter in the -xxxx
make clean
make xconfig
make rpm
cd rpm file location
rpm -ivh kernel rpm
What is it that I am doing wrong? Where can find or how can I make the 2.6.19.1.img file that I desparately need to get this work. I'm dead set against going back to windows. Please help me!
Missing initrd image
