[ale] Problem w/new kernel

[Scott Nolde]

David Corbin wrote:
> 
> I did  a make mrproper (as someone else suggested), and it now works
> fine.  I wish I knew what the original problem was, but I don't.  Thanks
> for the input.
> 
> Scott Nolde wrote:
> >
> > David Corbin wrote:
> > >
> > > Scott Nolde wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Need the info:
> > > >
> > > > What kernel version are you trying to compile?  What architecture (i386,
> > > > i586, i686)?  What features are you adding by compiling the kernel?
> > > >
> > > 2.2.16, i686.  Well, technically "sound", but it is essentially a first
> > > time
> > > set of config options.
> > >
> > > > What steps did you take to compile the kernel?  Does "make dep clean
> > > > bzImage modules modules_install" sound familiar?  Did you move the
> > > > bzImage to the /boot directory?  Did you configure and run lilo for the
> > > > new kernel?
> > >
> > > Yes yes yes.  Sorry, I didn't mention it, but I've been throught this
> > > about
> > > 300 times before on 20 or so different pieces of equipment, so I'm not a
> > > real
> > > newbie.  I just haven't had it lock up at this point before.
> >
> > > >
> > > > - Scott
> > > >
> > > > David Corbin wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm trying to upgrade my kernel, and I'm having a problem.  The new
> > > > > kernel "freezes" right after
> > > > > lilo offers the following line.
> > > > >
> > > > > Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas on what to investigate?
> >
> > I'm running 2.2.16 as well on my machine.  For a reference base, what
> > motherboard/cpu/memory combination are you using?  If you compile for
> > i586, does the kernel uncompress and lock up also?  With 300+ recompiled
> > on other machines you seem to have 'outcompiled' me.
> >
> > Where did you get the source?  I have Redhat's 2.2.16-3 kernel running
> > on my PII/350 w/ an intel 440BX motherboard, using 128M RAM.
> >
> > Out of curiosity, what options are you defining in your lilo.conf file?
> > Are you specifying any experimental parts of the kernel?
> >
> > - Scott
> >

Don't feel bad... I had to do the same thing when a recompiled kernel
puked with missing modules.  I basically had to reinstall the kernel
source and reconfigure the kernel, then recompile.

I'm going to leave it alone a few more days.

- Scott
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