[olug] Can't boot to 2.6 Kernel

[Eric Penne]

the modules would be located under /lib/modules/2.6.3

This is what I do when making a kernel.

make bzimage
make modules
make modules_install

The last one copies them to the correct directory /lib/modules.  This can
be done later if you mess it up.

I'm not sure if this still applies to the 2.6 series or not.

go into /usr/src/linux.2.6.3 and run make modules_install

it may work.

Eric Penne

>
> --- Daniel Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>>
>> CM Miller said:
>> > root at xanadu:/usr/src# ls -al | grep linux.2.6.3
>> > drwxrwxr-x   19 1046     1046          4096 Mar  6
>>  09:44 linux-2.6.3
>> > -rwx------    1 root     knoppix  192737280 Feb 21
>>  20:03 linux-2.6.3.tar
>>
>> Ok, this shows me that the only entries in the
>> /usr/src directory that
>> have "linux.2.6.3" in them are a directory named
>> "linux-2.6.3" and a .tar
>> file of the same name.
>>
>> So far, so good....
>>
>> >> 2: "ls -al /usr/src/linux.2.6.3#"
>> > total 11540
>> > drwxrwxr-x   19 1046     1046         4096 Mar  6
>> 16:26 .
>> > drwxrwsr-x    5 1000     knoppix      4096 Feb 21
>> 20:18 ..
>> [snip...]
>> > drwxrwxr-x   15 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
>> 20:51 sound
>> > drwxrwxr-x    2 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
>> 20:28 usr
>> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      3238925 Feb 21
>> 20:58 vmlinux
>>
>> Ok, now this is odd...  From the first part, I would
>> have expected the ls
>> command to return "ls: /usr/src/linux.2.6.3#: No
>> such file or directory".
>>
>> I'm still stumped by this... :)
>>
>> I'll assume that the /usr/src/linux.2.6.3# exists
>> and contains the correct
>> files we need.  (Big leap of faith here.)
>>
>> >> When you run /sbin/lilo, and it has no errors, I
>> >> think it just spits back
>> >> the label of each kernel it found in the config
>> >> file.  If you run
>> >> "/sbin/lilo -v -t", what output does it spit
>> back?
>>
>> > root at xanadu:/sbin# ./lilo -v -t
>> > LILO version 22.5.8 (test mode), Copyright (C)
>> > 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
>> > Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C)
>> 1999-2003
>> > John Coffman
>> > Released 10-Oct-2003, and compiled at 15:58:18 on
>> Oct
>> > 11 2003
>> > Compiled for Debian GNU/Linux.
>> >
>> > Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
>> > Using MENU secondary loader
>> > Calling map_insert_data
>> >
>> > Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-xfs
>> > Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd.gz
>> > Added Linux *
>> >
>> > Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3
>> > Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd.2.6.3.gz
>> > Fatal: Empty map section
>>
>> Googling for "lilo Fatal: Empty map section" returns
>> a link
>>
> (http://www.linuxchix.org/pipermail/techtalk/2001-September/008624.html)
>> with some hints.  It basically says that one of the
>> files the lilo.conf
>> file is trying to use has a size of 0 bytes.  You
>> might want to try
>> running lilo like this to see if it can help you
>> pin-point the offending
>> file:
>> "lilo -t -v -v -v -v -v"
>>
>> Again, I don't have a Lilo system to play with this
>> on so this is kind of
>> a shot in the dark.
>>
>> As another point of reference, can you copy your
>> lilo.conf file into your
>> next e-mail?
>>
>>
>
> Thanks to Brandon Lederer for the help over IM.
>
> Advised to comment out the following in /etc/lilo.conf
>
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3
>         label=Linux2.6.3
> #       initrd=/boot/initrd.2.6.3.gz
>         read-only
>
> Re-ran ./sbin/lilo and came back with
>
> root at xanadu:/sbin# ./lilo
> Added Linux *
> Added Linux2.6.3
> Skipping /vmlinuz.old
>
>
> Looks good right, reboot and get a choice of kernels,
> 2.4 and 2.6.  Select 2.6, and get a blank screen.
>
> Talking more with Brandon, and did not do
> modules_config, and don't see a directory under
> /lib/modules for 2.6.3.
>
> When looking under /urs/src/linux.2.6.3, it looks like
> the modules are there.
>
> Is there anyway to go back and do the modules over
> again?
>
> thanks
>
> -Chris
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