[vox-tech] Compile 2.6.5 kernel Debian-style, get unbootable system

[Ken Bloom]

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On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 03:55:27AM -0700, Issac Trotts wrote:
> Part of the problem now seems to be resolved.  I used GRUB this time,
> which made the boot loading part much easier.  All the needed info was
> in /usr/share/doc/grub/README.Debian.
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> On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:55:44AM -0700, Issac Trotts wrote:
> > Here's what I remember of what happened:
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> > $ apt-get kernel-source-2.6.5
> > $ tar xjvf /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.5.tar.bz2
> > $ cd kernel-source-2.6.5
> > $ cp /boot/config-2.6.3-1-686 .config  # or something similar
> > $ make menuconfig
> > $ MAKEFLAGS=3D'CC=3Dgcc-3.3' fakeroot make-kpkg --append_to_version -68=
6 \
> > kernel_image modules_image
> > $ cd ..
> > $ sudo dpkg -i kernel-image-2.6.5-686_.01_i386.deb
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> First, I reinstalled Debian since my floppy drive is hosed (so I can't
> use a rescue floppy) and I couldn't figure out how to use the install
> CD as a rescue disk.
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> Then I compiled kernel version 2.4.25 using /boot/config-2.4.22-1-386.
> For all questions involving LILO, I told it to do nothing.  Once the
> questioning stopped, I ran update-grub to automatically update the boot
> menu. =20

You might be interested in my /etc/kernel-img.conf

# Do not create symbolic links in /
postinst_hook =3D /sbin/update-grub
postrm_hook =3D /sbin/update-grub
do_bootloader =3D no
do_symlinks =3D no
do_initrd =3D Yes

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> I was then able to boot the recompiled 2.4.25, but the networking was
> intolerably slow.  Running /sbin/ifconfig showed me that there were
> lots of network errors, but I couldn't tell how to track them down.
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> I haven't yet found a way to get a recompiled 2.6.5 kernel to run.
> Its latest complaint is=20
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>     VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)
>     Please append a correct "root=3D" boot option=20
>     Kernel panic: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
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> which also comes up when I choose 2.6.5 in "recovery mode" in GRUB.
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I have a working .config for kernel 2.6.5, ask me if you want it.

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