Re: [LAU] [OT] - a little help with kernel building

Julien Claassen wrote:
> Hello all!
> I'm just compiling/configuring a 2.6.30.4 vanilla kernel. Only with the
> current configuration it won't start.
> When I boot and I can choose the kernel and it tries to start, but then the
> two LEDs on my keyboard (as in letters and numbers :-) ) start to blink
> rhythmically and nothing else happens.
> Does anyone of you have some standard ideas of, what to change? I already
> tried:
> 1. The RCU settings
> 2. disabled tickless system
> 3. disabled control groups
> 4. double-checked, that I chose the correct CPU and ACPI settings
>
> Points I'm not sure about are some of the memory options. There are options
> to disallow extensive access of /dev/mem, checking for corrupt memory and
> something concerning AMI and PHOENIX biosen to have the first 64k of memory.
> Those weren't there the last time I made my kernel.
> If anyone has helpful hints (not take a look at the screen please! :-) ),
> then I'd be _VERY_ grateful!
> Kindest regards
> Julien

Hi, Julien.

A couple of things caught me out on a recent kernel build that may or
may not be relevant to you.
If you are building the kernel the "Debian way" using make-kpkg, you now
have to take the additional step of:

         update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.30.4

after installing the kernel deb.
Check that you have an initrd line in your grub menu.lst entry and that
it points to something sensible.

I also discovered that it helps to have the appropriate modules for the
disc drives compiled in! Yes really!

WRT to new config options I accepted the defaults which seems to work fine.

Regards, G.

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Received on Mon Aug 17 16:15:01 2009