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Old 07-27-2006, 04:27 PM   #1
dashcloud
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Building new kernel with Suse 10.0 (from a Live CD)


Hello, I'm stuck right now and unsure of how to proceed, so I was hoping someone would be able to give me a pointer or two.

My situation right now is that I wanted to upgrade my kernel to 2.6.17 or better so I could use the bcm43xx driver.

I compiled the kernel, and built the modules.
Unfortunately, I forgot something and when I rebooted, it didn't work.
So now, it won't boot, but I've found that I can do just about everything using a Knoppix CD.

I've been able to build the kernel, build/install the modules, but anything else I can't figure out how to do.
The kernel version I got is 2.6.17.4 from kernel.org.
One other important piece of information is that I have my home directory on hda3, and the rest of the system on hda4.
Currently, the source code is on hda3.

So my question is: How do I get a new kernel up and running using a Live CD so my computer will boot again?
(I'd rather not re-install, but I'll take it into consideration if everything else is ridiculously hard to do.)

Thanks!

Last edited by dashcloud; 07-27-2006 at 04:30 PM.
 
Old 07-27-2006, 04:37 PM   #2
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If you kept your old kernel, you can just boot to the grub prompt and boot the old kernel. In the future, you should always keep one working kernel in the grub menu at all times, just for such an occasion.
 
  


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