Message-ID: <212CC57E84B8D111AD780000F84AA049069638D0@mroexc2.tay.dec.com> From: "Waite, Michael" <Michael.Waite@compaq.com> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 09:08:31 -0500 Subject: RE: [suse-axp] Still struggling to compile kernel
Make menuconfig works just fine these days.
-----Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark O. Stitson [mailto:markst@dcs.rhbnc.ac.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 8:57 AM
To: Lennart Börjeson
Cc: Suse-Axp (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [suse-axp] Still struggling to compile kernel
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Lennart Börjeson wrote:
> I'm still struggling to compile a working kernel on my alpha. I've managed
> to do it on my x86s', so I hope I've at least got some inkling of what to
> do. But perhaps I'm missing some crucial step on my Alphas.
>
> My problem: When I boot my newly compiled kernel, the system either
crashes,
> halts, or the screen goes blank and I can't hear any activity on the disk.
> In all cases I have to reboot.
>
> What I do:
>
> make menuconfig : Trying to guess appropriate values...
Make menuconfig never used to work for Alphas, you had to do make config.
I don't know if that still applies, but on the old kernels it used to
produce junk code.
> make dep
> make modules
> make modules_install
> make boot
> cp /usr/src/linux-2.2.9/arch/alpha/boot/vmlinuz.gz /boot/vmlinuz (quoting
> path from memory)
> cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot
>
> (I've previously save the original vmlinuz and System.map so I've got a
> chance to boot something that works...)
>
> Reboot (from SRM), which fails.
>
> Am I doing something basically wrong here? I've tried reinstalling the
> default kernel (to get a .config) to start with, but even so I'm unable to
> compile a working kernel.
>
> I've tried this both on my Avanti, which boots from SRM, and on my Multia,
> which boots from ARC, with equally bad results. Both systems have an
> otherwise working SuSE 6.1 installed, but I want my Windows Sound System
> cards to work, which apparently requires a kernel recompilation. At least
> the oss installation seems to require it.
>
> !++
> ! Lennart Börjeson
> ! Principal Software Engineer
> ! Cinnober Financial Technology AB
> ! Storgatan 46
> ! S-114 55 Stockholm
> ! tel: +46-8-661 47 70
> ! email: LennartB@cinnober.com
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