[K12OSN] Install Unsupported Kernel Version

Jim Kronebusch jim at winonacotter.org
Thu Jul 14 14:49:24 UTC 2005


I need to install the kernel-unsupported onto a WBEL3 server.  From what
I have read about RHEL3 I need to install the kernel-unsupported to be
able to enable the appletalk module.  It looks like I need to run "yum
install kernel-unsupported", which I have done, then run the following
command:
/sbin/new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd --depmod --install <kernel-version>

I have done so with /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd --depmod --install
2.4.21-27.0.4.Elsmp and get the following errors:

depmod:
/lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp/kernel/net/appletalk/.appletalk.o.flags
is not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp/kernel/net/appletalk/.depend is
not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp/kernel/net/appletalk/Config.in
is not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp/kernel/net/appletalk/Makefile
is not an ELF file
depmod: cannot read ELF header from
/lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp/kernel/net/appletalk/appletalk.o
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp/kernel/net/appletalk/cops.c is
not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp/kernel/net/appletalk/cops.h is
not an ELF file
depmod:
/lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp/kernel/net/appletalk/cops_ffdrv.h is
not an ELF file
depmod:
/lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp/kernel/net/appletalk/cops_ltdrv.h is
not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp/kernel/net/appletalk/ipddp.c is
not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp/kernel/net/appletalk/ipddp.h is
not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp/kernel/net/appletalk/ltpc.c is
not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp/kernel/net/appletalk/ltpc.h is
not an ELF file

Nothing personal to anyone here, but I don't give a crap about ELF's,
let them make toys for Santa and leave me alone.

So seriously, any idea what is causing this?

Also, say I successfully installed a new kernel like 2.4.21-32.  How do
I change the default kernel to boot from remotely via ssh?  It looks
like the standard way is to choose it from grub on startup, but I can't
do that from acroos town.

Thanks,

Jim Kronebusch
Cotter Tech Department
507-453-5188
jim at winonacotter.org 

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