[CentOS] Help rebuilding kernel get mount error on reboot

Tue Jun 14 15:48:50 UTC 2005
Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com>

On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 10:38 -0500, Jerry Geis wrote:
> John,
> 
> Thanks for the info. I am having trouble with the downloading of the src.rpm.
> 
> Is that just on the mirrors somewhere or is there an easy place to grab the i686.src.rpm?
> 
> I tried "rpm -Uvh kernel-2.6.9-11.EL.src.rpm" and got an error.
> 
> Where on the mirrors is the i686.src.rpm?
> 
> THanks,
> 
> 
> Jerry
> 

That is the correct package ... but it might not have been on the
mirror ... give it a couple minutes and try again.

> 
> On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 10:05 -0500, Jerry Geis wrote:
> >/ I am attempting to recompile the kernel with the following steps.
> />/ 
> />/ Install kernel-sourcecode rpm
> />/ 
> />/ cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.9-11.EL
> />/ cp /boot/config-2.6.9-11.EL .config
> />/ make menuconfig
> />/        Device Drivers -> Character Devices -> Serial Drivers
> />/         change Max number of non legacy 8250_NR_UARTS to 36
> />/ make bzImage
> />/ make modules_install
> />/ make install
> />/ 
> />/ Then after rebooting and selecting my -custom image from the above compile
> />/ 
> />/ "mount: error 19 mounting ext3"
> />/ "mount: error 2 mounting none"
> />/ 
> />/ Then the machine stops of source.
> />/ 
> />/ What happended? How do I get my custom kernel to boot.
> /
> Jerry,
> 
> The kernel-sourcecode package (it is no-arch) doesn't always apply all
> kernel patches for the arch in question.  I actually think it is kind of
> worthless and we will probably stop including it.
> 
> Try this instead :)
> 
> Download the kernel-xxxxx.src.rpm
> 
> do:
> 
> rpm -Uvh kernel-xxxxx.src.rpm
> 
> go to the SPECS directory and do this:
> 
> rpmbuild -bp --target i686 kernel-xxx.spec
> 
> then go to the BUILD directory and go down to the kernel directory and
> build there.
> 
> (substitute the versions for xxxxx ... also use the correct --target for
> the kernel you are trying to compile)  This will get all the target
> related patches applied.
> 
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