[CentOS] Error occurs when build kernel 3.2.0

[李欣]

I thought all the distributions could build kernel in the same way,
obviously I was wrong.

Thanks for your reply.

Xin Li

On 2014/04/09 19:24, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On 04/09/2014 03:56 AM, 李欣 wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Please let me know if this is not the right place to ask this question.
>>
>> I was trying to compile and build kernel 3.2.0, by following <Linux
>> Administration - A Beginner's Guide> written by Wale Soyinka.
>>
>> Error occurs after running the following command:
>>
>>      # new-kernel-pkg -v --mkinitrd --depmod --install 3.2.0-custom
>>      initrdfile is /boot/initrd-3.2.0-custom.img
>>      running depmod for 3.2.0-custom
>>      creating initrd: /sbin/mkinitrd --allow-missing -f
>>      /boot/initrd-3.2.0-custom.img 3.2.0-custom
>>      found /boot/initrd-3.2.0-custom.img and using it with grubby
>>      adding 3.2.0-custom to /boot/grub/grub.conf
>>      /etc/lilo.conf does not exist, not running grubby
>>
>> Does anyone ever run into this? How can I fix it?
>>
>> Here is the link that I downloaded kernel from:
>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-3.2.tar.bz2
>>
>>      # uname -a
>>      Linux test_server 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Mar 25
>>      19:59:55 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>>      # cat /etc/redhat-release
>>      CentOS release 6.5 (Final)
>>
>> Please let me know if any other information is needed.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Xin Li
> That method is not how to install kernels on CentOS ... CentOS uses RPMs
> for the kernel and here is how you would build one:
>
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel
>
> However, there is very rarely a need for one to build their own custom
> kernel. If you really want a different kernel that is newer than the one
> in CentOS, ELRepo (http://www.elrepo.com) has a kernel-lt (long term
> kernel from kernel.org) and kernel-ml (main line kernel from kernel.org)
> ... and there is also a CentOS produced 3.10.x kernel in the Xen4CentOS
> repository.
>
> If you want to learn how to create a new kernel as a learning exercise,
> the wiki link will help that, otherwise I would use one where a known
> and trusted entity is maintaining it secure.
>
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