[Techtalk] Kernel compilation problem

[Jeannette]

I see two holes in what you said you did - maybe you just forgot to write
them down, though.

You also need to copy /usr/src/linux/System.map to /boot/System.map (after
renaming the old one)

And, you need to make your own initrd image:
mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.19.img 2.4.19 (or 2.4.19-custom 'head
/usr/src/linux/Makefile' and look at the lines to see what your kernel
version was exactly)

Also, if you cut and pasted your  grub.conf, it looks like there is a
typo - put a space between initrd and /boot/initrd-2.4.19.img

HTH

Jeannette

 On Fri, 6 Sep 2002 j.van.barneveld at hccnet.nl wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I am using Red Hat 7.2 (build 2.4.7-10) and tried to compile my kernel with build 2.4.19. I ran the following procedure as SU:
> 1. make xconfig
> 2. make dep
> 3. make clean
> 4. make modules
> 5. make modules_install
> 6. make bzImage
>
> This all works. The bzImage file is found in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
>
> I made a backup of /usr/src/linux to /usr/src/linuxold and put the new kernel in /usr/src/linux
>
>
> Then I modified Grub and added:
>
> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.19.img)
> root (hd0,4)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19 ro root=/dev/hdc5 hda=ide-scsi
> initrd/boot/initrd-2.4.19.img
>
>
> after reboot and selecting Red Hat Linux (2.4.19.img) in the Grubmenu I get an error:
>
> error 15: file not found
>
> Grub cannot find the image file. Where can I find this file (it is not in /boot/) or anywhere else on my hd, or what dit I do wrong?
>
> thanks,
>
> Job
>