Recompiling new kernel (was:USB WiFi adapter for PBs)

[Derick Centeno]

I noticed some of the exchanges on this thread and believed that perhaps
the following references could be helpful:

http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/kernels.shtml

The only addition to the above reference I would make would be to keep a
log or notebook somewhere regarding what the name of the old kernel and
old System map, and other files were.  Make sure I understood and had a
record of their respective links and not make any changes to the new
kernel or the kernel of your own creation until this record and/or
understanding was thorough.  Why?  Because to return to the old kernel
you will have to reverse or undo all the changes you made.

and this link would be useful as well:

http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/yaboot_kernel.shtml



Best of Luck ....

On Sun, 2006-07-30 at 23:56 -0400, Ebrahim Mayat wrote:
> 
> On Jul 30, 2006, at 8:04 PM, Jason DeVita wrote:
> 
> > Whew!  You had me worried when you said the original kernel didn't
> > boot.
> > 
> > 
> > It seems the bootloader is looking for /boot/vmlinux-2.6.17.7 and
> > not finding it.  Have you checked to see if it is there?  Make sure
> > you remembered to copy the newly built vmlinux to the /boot
> > directory.  And also check that the name you gave it matches the one
> > in /etc/yaboot.conf. It could be a simple typo like vmlinux_2.6.17.7
> > verus vmlinux-2.6.17.7.
> > 
> > 
> > If that all checks out, we can try to go from there.
> > 
> > 
> > -J
> 
> 
> Hi Jason 
> 
> 
> Yes to all of the above. I am wondering if the ".ydl.1" suffix is of
> any importance at all?
> 
> 
> root at localhost ~]# ls /boot
> config-2.6.15-rc5.ydl.1      lost+found
> System.map-2.6.17.7
> etc                          System.map
> vmlinux-2.6.15-rc5.ydl.1
> initrd-2.6.15-rc5.ydl.1.img  System.map-2.6.15-rc5.ydl.1
> vmlinux-2.6.17.7
> 
> 
> [root at localhost ~]# more /etc/yaboot.conf
> # yaboot.conf generated by anaconda
> 
> 
> boot=/dev/hda3
> init-message="Welcome to Yellow Dog Linux! Hit <TAB> for boot
> options."
> partition=6
> timeout=30
> install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
> magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
> delay=10
> enablecdboot
> macosx=/dev/hda2
> 
> 
> image=/vmlinux-2.6.15-rc5.ydl.1
>         label=linux
>         read-only
>         initrd=/initrd-2.6.15-rc5.ydl.1.img
>         root=/dev/hda4
>         append="rhgb quiet"
> 
> 
> image=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.17.7
>         label=audio-linux
>         read-only
>         initrd=/initrd-2.6.15-rc5.ydl.1.img
>         root=/dev/hda4
>         append="rhgb quiet"
> 
> 
> Regards.
> Ebrahim
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