compiled kernel - modules mess (was:kernel doesn't compile?)
Matt H.
helios82 at optushome.com.au
Thu Jan 22 12:19:27 UTC 2004
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:45:11 +0100, Emiliano Brunetti wrote:
>
>
> However, two strange things happened:
>
> - at first boot my new kernel got panic - it wouldn't recnogize boot
> option root=LABEL=/ in grub.conf. A simple change into root=/dev/myhd
> solved. Any hints on how to restore it to root=LABEL=/?
You need to build a new initrd image for that custom kernel and add it to
your grub conf.
See this for some helpful kernel related info:
http://www.linux.org.uk/%7Edavej/docs/fedora-kernel-faq.txt
>- there's a little mess with modules, possibly due to a bad
>configuration of mine. However, that mess got inherited by binary kernel
>2140.nptl, installed with a simple 'yum update' some weeks ago. Now that
>kernel at boot time looks for modules that were not even compiled before
>i
>tried to make a custom kernel with 2149.nptl sources.
You could try to add `alias modulename off` to /etc/modules.conf. Also
issue a `depmod -a`. See `man depmod` for more useful information.
--
Matt
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