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. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050614/facebe8b/attachment-0004.sig>