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Old 07-13-2014, 02:05 PM   #1
Xerxeslins
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How to know if my kernel is the generic?


First of all, I tried running the standard procedure to have the generic kernel, through:

/usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh

But such a message appeared:

ls: can not access /sys/module/*_hcd/drivers/*: File or directory not found

I checked and this directory (drivers) does not actually exist on my computer. The script may not be able to automate the process in all situations.

Then I read the following text to create the initrd file:

http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackwa.../README.initrd

the command I used was:

mkinitrd -c -k 3.10.17 -m ext4 -f ext4 -r /dev/sda4

Finally, I got a file /boot/initrd.

I specified this file into the lilo.conf, according to the instructions. After all that I have created new links for: config, System.map and vmlinuz. I pointed to the generic options. See the output of ls -la | grep generic:


Quote:
xerxeslins @ darkstar: ~ $ ls /boot/ -la | grep generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jul 13 14:39 config -> config-generic-3:10:17
-Rw-r - r - 1 root root 137813 Feb 14 19:40 config-generic-3:10:17
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jul 13 14:40 System.map -> System.map-generic-3:10:17
-Rw-r - r - 1 root root 2213142 Feb 14 19:40 System.map-generic-3:10:17
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jul 13 14:39 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-generic-3:10:17
-Rw-r - r - 1 root root 3450176 Feb 14 19:40 vmlinuz-generic-3:10:17
Of course I updated lilo.

Rebooted the system and everything seems to be ok.

But, since I do not follow the standard procedure, will I really am with the generic kernel? How to know?

Thank you!
 
Old 07-13-2014, 02:30 PM   #2
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Well, as the saying goes, there's more than one way to skin a cat
Here is one:
Code:
zcat /proc/config.gz > running_config
diff running_config /boot/config-generic-3:10:17
If the output of the last command is empty, you are running the generic kernel (assuming you have a 64 bit Slackware).

But wait a minute, something looks weird in your output of ls /boot/ -la | grep generic: I expected e.g. config-generic-3-10-17, not config-generic-3:10:17.

Last edited by Didier Spaier; 07-13-2014 at 02:34 PM.
 
Old 07-13-2014, 02:44 PM   #3
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Smile OK! Yes!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Didier Spaier View Post
Well, as the saying goes, there's more than one way to skin a cat
Here is one:
Code:
zcat /proc/config.gz > running_config
diff running_config /boot/config-generic-3:10:17
If the output of the last command is empty, you are running the generic kernel (assuming you have a 64 bit Slackware).

But wait a minute, something looks weird in your output of ls /boot/ -la | grep generic: I expected e.g. config-generic-3-10-17, not config-generic-3:10:17.
command output is empty! Yes! Thank you! (yes, slackware 64 bit)

About "3:10:17" happens that English is not my native language. I used the google translator to create this post, apparently the translator changed some words. Although I have corrected, still some left uncorrected.
 
Old 07-13-2014, 02:45 PM   #4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Didier Spaier View Post
But wait a minute, something looks weird in your output of ls /boot/ -la | grep generic: I expected e.g. config-generic-3-10-17, not config-generic-3:10:17.
The file permissions groupings are also odd. Perhaps the listing was retyped instead of copy/paste.

EDIT: OP explained the use of a translator.

Last edited by TracyTiger; 07-13-2014 at 02:49 PM.
 
  


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