Slackware 10.2 kernel questions

tomdkat · 04-10-2006, 06:24 PM

Sounds hosed to me.

If you do reinstall, which I'm thinking is where you're at now, be sure to install the kernel sources. Then you can run the menuconfig to enable SMP and SATA support and be set.

Peace...

YARDofSTUF · 04-10-2006, 06:27 PM

I'm getting pretty good at installing lol

Install kernel sources? I just do recommended install, sata.i kernel. Is that enough or is there a command I need to type in?

tomdkat · 04-10-2006, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YARDofSTUF

I'm getting pretty good at installing lol

Install kernel sources? I just do recommended install, sata.i kernel. Is that enough or is there a command I need to type in?

I would do an install like you normally do. Then install the kernel sources package and you should have kernel source you can then use to customize your kernel.

Use whatever package manager comes with Slack 10.2 and look for a "kernel sources" package. Once installed, it should be in /usr/src (maybe in linux-x.yy.xx with a symlink to it called "linux") somewhere.

Peace...

YARDofSTUF · 04-11-2006, 02:12 PM

Ok I found Kpackage, and it says I have kernel source installed, but its 2.4, i want to use the newest that I downloaded off of kernel.org

Alien_Hominid · 04-11-2006, 03:27 PM

So download kernel source, move it to usr and then compile kernel. Where is the problem?

YARDofSTUF · 04-11-2006, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien_Hominid

So download kernel source, move it to usr and then compile kernel. Where is the problem?

Problem is that I didnt know if that was cool to do lol

Now in doing this, can i give the kernel some random name, so that the linux option on boot is left alone, then I just add in another, say call it test for now and make the kernel called slack so that way I wont mess up my current working setup?

If so, when do I rename it, after i build it?

Alien_Hominid · 04-11-2006, 04:41 PM

This option is added in lilo. Look at your /etc/lilo.conf to see the old kernel name.

YARDofSTUF · 04-11-2006, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien_Hominid

This option is added in lilo. Look at your /etc/lilo.conf to see the old kernel name.

Ya but if I wanna leave that alone can I just give the new one a new name, and if I can, do I do that before or after I start the "make..." stuff?

Alien_Hominid · 04-12-2006, 12:17 AM

After make stuff:

Code:

# Linux bootable partition config begins
default = Muvo
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-rc5
root  = /dev/sda3
label = Muvo
read-only
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root =  /dev/hda3
label = Linux-Original
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends

As you can see, there are two kernels: original Linux-Original

kernel and my new kernel (vmlinuz-2.6.16-rc5), which I called Muvo (added support for my Muvo flash player).

YARDofSTUF · 04-12-2006, 04:21 AM

I'm not really getting an answer to my question here, don't know how else to explain it.

I downloaded and unzipped the 2.6 kernel, so now in /usr/src I have both the 2.4 and the 2.6.

I want to leave the "Linux" lilo option alone, and then create a "slackware" option, i know how to write that in lilo, but how do I use make menuconfig to make with the 2.6 kernel, and when whould I name this kernel "slackware" so that the boot option would work?

Alien_Hominid · 04-12-2006, 05:24 AM

After make bzImage, you will get bzImage in /arch/i386/boot/bzImage, which you could rename like you want. Copy bzImage to /boot and rename bzImage to Slackware. Then add it to your lilo path:

Code:

image = /boot/Slackware #(that's the path to your Slackware kernel aka previous bzImage)

YARDofSTUF · 04-12-2006, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien_Hominid

After make bzImage, you will get bzImage in /arch/i386/boot/bzImage, which you could rename like you want. Copy bzImage to /boot and rename bzImage to Slackware. Then add it to your lilo path:

Code:

image = /boot/Slackware #(that's the path to your Slackware kernel aka previous bzImage)

Thanks. See how far I get this time lol

YARDofSTUF · 04-12-2006, 06:06 AM

Problem already, when I do make menuconfig its showing the 2.4 kernel, how do I tell it to use the 2.6 one?

EDIT: NM, gotta think a bit more, went into the /usr/src/2.6 directory and did make menuconfig, now I'm in the 2.6 kernel.

EDIT2: Whats the difference between adding stuff with *- built in, or M- module?

Alien_Hominid · 04-12-2006, 06:18 AM

When you compile some stuff into the kernel, it is being loaded at boot time. Because kernel is bigger it takes more time to load everything. When you compile as module, this module is being loaded when it is requested by some program. Be aware, that you need to compile your file system support into the kernel and not as module, if you don't want to use initrd.

YARDofSTUF · 04-12-2006, 06:37 AM

ok, got what I think I needed don. After saving from the make menuconfig in the 2.6 directory i have a lot of "warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol..." messages, did I mess up?

Also it tells me make dep is unnecessary.