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Okay, here's where I've isolated the problem to. This might be a |
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rather lengthy explanation, so make sure you have about 15 minutes on |
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your hands before diving in. However, the explanation shouldn't take |
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long - I've never actually compiled/installed/used a kernel before. |
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Okay, enough apologising in advance: down to business. |
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I know that it correctly compiles the kernel. I put a new name for |
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the new kernel (test1) to try and ID it as it floats about all the |
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other kernels I'm too scared to delete. |
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# make install |
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Sticks it into /boot. /boot now reads |
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System.map config.old |
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System.map-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 grub |
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System.map-2.6.15-gentoo-r1.old initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5 |
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System.map-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1 kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5 |
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System.map-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1.old lost+found |
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System.map.old vmlinuz |
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boot vmlinuz-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 |
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config vmlinuz-2.6.15-gentoo-r1.old |
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config-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 vmlinuz-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1 |
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config-2.6.15-gentoo-r1.old vmlinuz-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1.old |
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config-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1 vmlinuz.old |
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config-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1.old |
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Not terribly exciting. However, I went to /boot/grub/menu.lst and it |
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reads as such: |
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localhost boot # cat ./grub/menu.lst |
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default 0 |
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timeout 7 |
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splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz |
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title=Gentoo Linux |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/ram0 |
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init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 |
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initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5 |
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The most concerning part is the last three lines. For any kernel, it |
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appears to demand the kernel itself. If you'll refer back to # ls |
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/boot then you'll notice that kernel-2.6.15-gentoo-r1test1 isn't |
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there. Nor is the initrd. I don't know where they might be, or if |
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they're not there then how to generate them. |
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If I can find out those two things then I should be able to test my |
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new kernel and see if it actually worked. |
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On 3/28/06, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:51:11 +0200, Bo Andresen wrote: |
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> |
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> > > Sorry, what does YMMV mean? |
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> > |
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> > Those are the resources that I use for that kind of questions: |
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> > |
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> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMMV |
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> > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ymmv |
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> |
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> You can also emerge wtf. |
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I assume wtf will tell me what wtf stands for... is the last letter |
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representative of a forbidden word, by any chance? |
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> $ wtf ymmv |
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> YMMV: your mileage may vary |
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> |
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> |
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> -- |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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> |
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> Interchangeable parts aren't. |
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What was your first clue? |
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-- |
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========== GCv3.12 ========== |
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GCS d-(++) s+: a? C++ UL+>++++ P+ |
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L++ E--- W+(+++) N++ o? K? w--- O? M+ |
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V? PS- PE+ Y-(--) PGP- t+++ 5? X R tv-- b+ |
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DI+++ D+ G e* h- !r !y |
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========= END GCv3.12 ======== |
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