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No vmlinuz and initrd after building the kernel?
After configuring and building the kernel using make, why don't I have vmlinuz-<version>-default.img and initrd-<version>.img, but only got a huge vmlinux binary (~150MB)?
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FreeBSD source and how to build
A few questions about FreeBSD
Where/how should I obtain the source code (ex. through terminal, Download off website)
How (on ubuntu) should I build it?
Before I build it can I customize it (in other ...
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Am I in the right direction for a linux os?
I compiled the linux kernel by downloading it from kernel.org, put it on my desktop, and opened up terminal. I changed to the linux-3.2.13 folder, typed mr proper.
Then I use "make menuconfig" to ...
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Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs after new kernel compile
So I've been at this for a while and have been poking around for an answer for a few days, and figure it's about time to ask for help. I am running Ubuntu 10.10 in VMWare Fusion, and have downloaded ...
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Undefined reference to symbol 'acs_map' when running makeconfig
I get a linker error when I try to configure the Linux kernel with menuconfig:
# make menuconfig
HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/mconf
/usr/local/bin/ld: scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o: undefined ...
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Why is my initial ramdisk so big?
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10, which came with kernel version 3.0.0-14. I downloaded and built a kernel from the 3.1.0 branch. After installing the new kernel, I see that my /boot/initrd.img-3.1.0 file is ...
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Compiling a distribution unspecific kernel on two different distributions
I downloaded kernel 3.2.1 from the kernel.org.
Compiled it "successfully" on OpenSuse 11.3 64 bit.
When I tried to compile the same kernel source on Ubuntu 11.10, I got:
ERROR: ...
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__modver_version_show undefined error during make
Platform: Ubuntu 11.10 64bit
Kernel to be compiled: 3.2.1
Error after make:
ERROR: "__modver_version_show" [drivers/staging/rts5139/rts5139.ko] undefined!
To solve this I copied the .config file of ...
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modprobe: Module ext4 not found. WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module 'ext4' found
I rebooted a compiled kernel 3.1.0, and those are the errors that I am getting:
linux-dopx:/usr/src/linux-3.1.0-1.2 # make install
sh /usr/src/linux-3.1.0-1.2/arch/x86/boot/install.sh 3.1.0 ...
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Precautions to be taken while make oldconfig
If a previous kernel (assuming it is not from the stone age) compiles successfully, does it make sense to assume that old config file if copied to the new kernel, will compile successfully too?
What ...
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How to create an initrd image on OpenSuSE linux?
/usr/src/linux-3.2.1 # make install
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
sh /usr/src/linux-3.2.1/arch/x86/boot/install.sh 3.2.1-12-desktop arch/x86/boot/bzImage \
System.map ...
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Compiling the kernel with default configurations
Assumptions:
The platform:
anisha@linux-dopx:~/> uname -a
Linux linux-dopx 2.6.34-12-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2010-06-29 02:39:08 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
The kernel downloaded is the ...
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Kernel Panic - Can't find root filesystem / error mounting /dev/root
From here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_kernel_problems#Can.27t_find_root_filesystem_.2F_error_mounting_.2Fdev.2Froot
A lot of these bugs end up being a broken initrd due to bugs in
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Compiling and installing a kernel.org kernel to a custom volume on disk
I want to compile and install a kernel.org kernel on a custom HDD volume, say /dev/sda5, instead of being merged with my current Ubuntu's directories.
I can find information about configuration and ...
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Stripped down Kernel for a Laptop
I am a Linux noob, but I am willing to learn. My immediate objective is to compile a small kernel for my laptop without sacrificing usability. I am familiar with the kernel compilation steps (don't ...
