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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> |
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> 2009/12/2 BRM <bm_witness@×××××.com>: |
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> > I'm still working to get my laptop back up; I have one more thing to try. |
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> > Presently, I am having a problem with the compiling a 2.6.30-gentoo-r8 kernel that actually works. It might be a processor issue - linux reports it as a |
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> > Pentium M which is what I have selected during 'make menuconfig', but the the grub keeps reporting that it is not a recognized format or something to that effect, so it won't load it. |
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> > Questions: |
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> > 1) I am using the Gentoo 2007.0 LiveCD to boot with, then chroot'ing into my installation to build the kernel. I shouldn't need a newer LiveCD, correct? |
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> Correct as long as it recognise your hardware. |
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Thanks. |
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> > 2) Grub doesn't need to be re-run (e.g. running the grub prompt and going through the install procedure) after changes to the menu file, correct? |
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> Correct, assuming you have installed GRUB correctly in the first instance |
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Thanks |
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> - which makes me ask: |
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> What is your exact error message? |
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I'll post that tonight. |
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From: Marcus Wanner <marcusw@×××.net> |
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> I got that error when I copied the wrong kernel image to /boot, make |
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> sure you are copying the one detailed in the gentoo handbook (chapter 7, I think). |
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The last kernel I copied in I copied the file specified by the kernel's README: arch/<arch>/boot/bzImage - <arch> being x86. |
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Though according to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kernel-config.xml it should be arch/i386/boot/bzImage...not sure which is right off hand. |
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Will check into it tonight. |
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Ben |
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