install 2.6.4 kernel on rh8

[Manuel Arostegui Ramirez]

 --- Paal Marker <paalma at online.no> escribió: >   I
have big problems on this issue. My original
> kernel is 2.4.18-14.  I 
> do not get any image files installed in /boot and
> neither 
> /boot/grub/grub.conf  or /etc/grub.conf are updated
> when installing 
> kernel 2.6.4.  If anyone has done this upgrade and
> have time to follow 
> the steps I have done, I would be happy to know what
> I have done wrong.
> 
> The steps I have done is:
> 
> 
> downloaded kernel linux 2.6.4.tar.gz
> downloaded module-init-tools-3.0-pre10.tar.gz
> downloaded modutils-2.4.21-23.src.rpm
> 
> tar xvfz module-init-tools-3.0-pre10.tar.gz
> cd module-init-tools-3.0-pre10
> ./configure --prefix=/sbin
> make
> make install
> ./generate-modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf
> 
> Installing modutils-2.4.21-23.src.rpm:
> rpm -i modutils-2.4.21-23.src.rpm
> rpmbuild -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS//modutils.spec
> rpm -Fi
>
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/modutils-2.4.21-23.i386.rpm
> 
> Installing the kernel: (used directory
> /home/src/kernel)
> gunzip linux-2.6.4.tar.gz
> tar xvf linux-2.6.4.tar
> cd linux-2.6.4
> 
> Making /home/src/kernel/linux-2.6.4/.config
> cp
> /usr/src/linux-2.4/configs/kernel-2.4.18-686.config 
> /home/src/kernel/linux-2.6-3/.config
> make oldconfig
> 
> edited line in .config, CONFIG_EXT3_FS=m to
> CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
> Edited the Makefile:  EXTRAVERSION = -skim-ch6
> make bzImage
> make modules
> make modules_install
> make install
> mkdir /sys
> 
> Editing /etc/rc.sysinit:
> After line 'action $"Mounting proc filesystem: "
> mount -n -t  proc /proc 
> /proc'  put in line 'action $"Mounting sysfs
> filesystem: " mount -n -t 
>  sysfs /sys /sys'
> 
> After failing I tried to edit the .config file
> 'CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y and 
> then run:
> make bzImage
> make modules
> make modules_install
> make install
> This did not make any difference.
> 
> Contents of /boot:
> 
> boot.b
> chain.b
> config-2.4.18-14
> config-2.4.18-14debug
> config-2.4.18-14uml
> grub
> initrd-2.4.18-14debug.img
> initrd-2.4.18-14.img
> kernel.h
> lost+found
> message
> message.ja
> module-info
> module-info-2.4.18-14
> module-info-2.4.18-14debug
> module-info-2.4.18-14uml
> os2_d.b
> System.map
> System.map-2.4.18-14
> System.map-2.4.18-14debug
> System.map-2.4.18-14uml
> vmlinux-2.4.18-14
> vmlinux-2.4.18-14debug
> vmlinuz
> vmlinuz-2.4.18-14
> vmlinuz-2.4.18-14debug
> vmlinuz-2.4.18-14uml
 
I install 2.6.4 on a RH9 and these were my steps.

Put my linux-2.6.4.tar.gz on /usr/src

tar -zxvf linux-2.6.4.tar.gz && cd linux-2.6.4
make xconfig
(When xconfig finished)
make && make modules && make modules_install
mv arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.6.4
mv System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.4
ln -s System.map-2.6.4 System.map

Then I reconfigure my /etc/lilo.conf
I don't use grub, so I cannot help you on this step.

Best regards

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Manuel Aróstegui Linux user 200896
http://manuel.todo-linux.com

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