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Old 12-17-2006, 06:23 AM   #1
windycity_linux
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Question Kernel compilation error


I am running RHEL 4. Here is the result of "uname -a" command
Linux testmachine 2.6.9-22.EL #1 Mon Sep 19 18:20:28 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU /Linux

So I am trying to update the kernel to 2.6.19. But when i run the make command I am getting the following error:
[root@testmachine linux-2.6.19]# make
CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
CHK include/linux/compile.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.19/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh: Cannot open 'n'
make[1]: *** [usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz] Error 1
make: *** [usr] Error 2

I believe during installation I have selected to install every thing.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
thanks
 
Old 12-17-2006, 07:41 AM   #2
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Install the development packages as per the list in the ~/Documentation/Changes file in the kernel tree;
Code:
o  Gnu C                  3.2                     # gcc --version
o  Gnu make               3.79.1                  # make --version
o  binutils               2.12                    # ld -v
o  util-linux             2.10o                   # fdformat --version
o  module-init-tools      0.9.10                  # depmod -V
o  e2fsprogs              1.29                    # tune2fs
o  jfsutils               1.1.3                   # fsck.jfs -V
o  reiserfsprogs          3.6.3                   # reiserfsck -V 2>&1|grep reiserfsprogs
o  xfsprogs               2.6.0                   # xfs_db -V
o  pcmciautils            004                     # pccardctl -V
o  quota-tools            3.09                    # quota -V
o  PPP                    2.4.0                   # pppd --version
o  isdn4k-utils           3.1pre1                 # isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version
o  nfs-utils              1.0.5                   # showmount --version
o  procps                 3.2.0                   # ps --version
o  oprofile               0.9                     # oprofiled --version
o  udev                   081                     # udevinfo -V
The udev package may be a problem but I'm not 100% sure. You should have at least the versions listed above or higher installed. It does not hurt if you have the automake rpm packages installed also.

Last edited by Lenard; 12-17-2006 at 07:44 AM.
 
  


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