Compiling Kernel on FC2

[Steven Pasternak]

On Thursday 27 January 2005 18:26, Gain Paolo Mureddu wrote:
> Steven Pasternak wrote:
> >I use FC2 and have tried to compile kernel 2.6.9-2.6.11-rc2 and have even
> >tried installing the RPMs. When it goes to boot the new kernel, it doesn't
> >know what usbdevfs is when it tries to mount it. Suse 9.1 didn't do this,
> > I think, because it used usbfs instead. What am I supposed to do? I use
> > the /boot/config-2.6.5-1.358 as the .config file (after turning off
> > 'generic x86 support and setting it to athlon). I don't know if there are
> > any other problems, because I reboot after kudzu says that my printer
> > (usb) is gone. Thanks!
> >-Steven
>
> How are you building the kernel? I have been using my own compiled
> kernels on FC since FC1. I noticed this problem with recent 2.6.9/2.6.10
> kernels, but found that using -ac sources and the generic configure file
> and then enabling/disabling features as I need, everything was normal
> again.

I run:
cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.10
cp /boot/config-2.6.5-1.358 .config
make menuconfig
<change processor type ONLY>
make bzImage
make modules
sudo cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10
sudo cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.10
sudo cp .config /boot/config-26.10
cd /boot
sudo /sbin/mkinitrd initrd-2.6.10.img 2.6.10
cd grub
sudo vim menu.lst
<copy the first entry and change versions ONLY>
sudo /sbin/init 6 (to reboot)

Do you think that choosing my own options from the start instead of using the 
stock config would fix it? Thanks!
-Steven