[Gllug] Compiling a Kernel

[Jackson, Harry]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Richardson [mailto:itsbruce at uklinux.net]
> 
> 
> > tar -vxf kernel-2.4.18.tar
> > cd new_dir
> > make mrproper
> > cp /boot/config-2.4.16 /new_dir/.config
> 
> > make oldconfig
> > make dep
> > make bzImage
> > make modules
> > make modules_install (mods installed in /lib/modules/2.4.18/)
> 
> > This is where i get hazy (do i "depmod -a" here and what 
> options do I use 
> to
> > depmod)
> 
> No, you don't need to run depmod, Debian will detect the new 
> kernel when you reboot and run it itself.

So the main bit above was OK. If that is the case then I have definitely got
a problem.

> 
> > cp /vmlinuz /vmlinuz-2.4.16
> > cp new_bzImage /vmlinuz
> > lilo
> 
> No need for those (and you missed the System.map file).  You can just 
> type
> 
> make install 

When I rebooted the machine I got a kernel panic with lots of the following

can't open /lib/modules/2.4.18/modules.deb"

Why has this happened? What is it, do I need to create the modules.dep
somehow then unpack it?????? Does make install do this for me?? 

Am I correct in saying that the system.map file is used to convert kernel
messages to a language we can understand and is not required for the system
to run or could not moving the new system.map to /boot have caused the
panic.

I am sure that I have just missed something daft.

Regards,
Harry 



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