From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270698AbTGNRJH (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:09:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270731AbTGNRIT (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:08:19 -0400 Received: from mail.eris.qinetiq.com ([128.98.1.1]:9618 "HELO ns0.eris.dera.gov.uk") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S270698AbTGNRDK (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:03:10 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Mark Watts Organization: QinetiQ To: Antonio Vargas Subject: Re: requirements for installing a 2.6.0-test kernel.... Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:17:07 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200307141659.05451.m.watts@eris.qinetiq.com> <20030714163749.GC2684@wind.cocodriloo.com> In-Reply-To: <20030714163749.GC2684@wind.cocodriloo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <200307141817.07524.m.watts@eris.qinetiq.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sure - I'm trying it on Mandrake 9.1 I've already had fun with the module_init_tools from http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/ Basically after doing the ./configure --prefix=/ && make moveold, I was left with a bunch of dangling symlinks in /sbin I've since grabed the src.rpm from here: http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/SRPMS/ and that seems to be behaving a bit more (although I haven't rebooted yet :) Everything else is from a standard Mandrake 9.1 install, so I'm using gcc 3.2.2 and associated gubbins. Mark > On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 04:59:05PM +0100, Mark Watts wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Now that 2.6.0-test is out, can someone point me at the definative > > instrictions for compiling and booting a 2.6.x kernel? > > > > I understand that the compile process has changed since 2.4.x, and I may > > also need some updated module related things. > > > > This doesnt have to be a handholding guide, just a quick > > rundown/qhecklist will do. > > Mark, I'm also interested on this, and also willing to install > a recent distro on purpose. Would you mind if we shared install > experiences? > > Planning to download suse from ftp to do a network install at the moment. > Will probably compile 2.6.0-test1 meanwhile :) > > Greets, Antonio. - -- Mark Watts Senior Systems Engineer QinetiQ TIM St Andrews Road, Malvern GPG Public Key ID: 455420ED -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/EuWTBn4EFUVUIO0RAscbAKDJsPogTT2PhQS89xeyJbEQxxz2UwCeKtkE t8xmlw6J4uJb+nINOcGOnGE= =Jv+e -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----