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Now that 2.6.0-test is out, can someone point me at the definative
instrictions for compiling and booting a 2.6.x kernel?
I understand that the compile process has changed since 2.4.x, and I may also
need some updated module related things.
This doesnt have to be a handholding guide, just a quick rundown/qhecklist
will do.
Cheers,
Mark.
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Mark Watts
Senior Systems Engineer
QinetiQ TIM
St Andrews Road, Malvern
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On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 04:59:05PM +0100, Mark Watts wrote:
> Now that 2.6.0-test is out, can someone point me at the definative
> instrictions for compiling and booting a 2.6.x kernel?
>
> I understand that the compile process has changed since 2.4.x, and I may also
> need some updated module related things.
>
> This doesnt have to be a handholding guide, just a quick rundown/qhecklist
> will do.
http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt
The minimum required versions of programs is as usual in
Documentation/Changes.
> Cheers,
>
> Mark.
cu
Adrian
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On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 04:59:05PM +0100, Mark Watts wrote:
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> Now that 2.6.0-test is out, can someone point me at the definative
> instrictions for compiling and booting a 2.6.x kernel?
>
> I understand that the compile process has changed since 2.4.x, and I may also
> need some updated module related things.
>
> This doesnt have to be a handholding guide, just a quick rundown/qhecklist
> will do.
>
Mark, I'm also interested on this, and also willing to install
a recent distro on purpose. Would you mind if we shared install experiences?
Planning to download suse from ftp to do a network install at the moment.
Will probably compile 2.6.0-test1 meanwhile :)
Greets, Antonio.
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a Caveman Database Programmer:
A relational database is a big spreadsheet
that several people can update simultaneously.
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Sure - I'm trying it on Mandrake 9.1
I've already had fun with the module_init_tools from
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/
Basically after doing the ./configure --prefix=/ && make moveold, I was left
with a bunch of dangling symlinks in /sbin
I've since grabed the src.rpm from here:
http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/SRPMS/
and that seems to be behaving a bit more (although I haven't rebooted yet :)
Everything else is from a standard Mandrake 9.1 install, so I'm using gcc
3.2.2 and associated gubbins.
Mark
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 04:59:05PM +0100, Mark Watts wrote:
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> > Now that 2.6.0-test is out, can someone point me at the definative
> > instrictions for compiling and booting a 2.6.x kernel?
> >
> > I understand that the compile process has changed since 2.4.x, and I may
> > also need some updated module related things.
> >
> > This doesnt have to be a handholding guide, just a quick
> > rundown/qhecklist will do.
>
> Mark, I'm also interested on this, and also willing to install
> a recent distro on purpose. Would you mind if we shared install
> experiences?
>
> Planning to download suse from ftp to do a network install at the moment.
> Will probably compile 2.6.0-test1 meanwhile :)
>
> Greets, Antonio.
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Mark Watts
Senior Systems Engineer
QinetiQ TIM
St Andrews Road, Malvern
GPG Public Key ID: 455420ED
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On Monday, 14 July 2003, at 18:37:49 +0200,
Antonio Vargas wrote:
> Mark, I'm also interested on this, and also willing to install
> a recent distro on purpose. Would you mind if we shared install experiences?
>
I have been doing some real (workstation-class) work with Debian Sid and
2.5.x kernels with great success for a while now. The only problem I had
so far was starting at 2.5.74, when DM/LVM2 ioctl version changed, and
my current Sid device mapper tools are not still up to date (and
compilation of LVM2.0.0 from sources fails).
Hope this helps.
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Linux Registered User #189436 Debian Linux Sid (Linux 2.5.73)
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 06:17:07PM +0100, Mark Watts wrote:
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> Sure - I'm trying it on Mandrake 9.1
>
> I've already had fun with the module_init_tools from
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/
>
> Basically after doing the ./configure --prefix=/ && make moveold, I was left
> with a bunch of dangling symlinks in /sbin
>
> I've since grabed the src.rpm from here:
> http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/SRPMS/
> and that seems to be behaving a bit more (although I haven't rebooted yet :)
>
> Everything else is from a standard Mandrake 9.1 install, so I'm using gcc
> 3.2.2 and associated gubbins.
>
I'm also interested (I have a mdk 9.1 installed, too), so please keep us
informed. I would like to test 2.6, but I have to do real work too, so I
need the ability to switch back safely to a 2.4 kernel... so if you succeed,
please share! Thanks a lot!
Romano
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Folks, if you want to be on bleeding edge with Mandrake you really
have to read cooker :))
I have put a set of support SRPMs for Mandrake 9.1 on
http://supermount-ng.sf.net/mdk-25/
They currently include initscripts, mkinitrd, module-init-tools and
modultils. I had devfsd and gkrellm as well but now they are
incorporated into mainstream, just fetch them from cooker.
Using these packages I freely switch between 2.4 and 2.6 on the same
Mandrake 9.1 based box. Actually the reason I made them was exactly
this - I needed abililty to work normally on supermount for 2.6 :)
They are fully modules-enabled, actually my config is basically
Mandrake default with obvious 2.6 modifications (I made it more and
more modular with the time), initrd, devfs etc are supported.
module-init-tools will try to build modprobe.conf from your modules.conf and include suitable /etc/modprobe.devfs; also I have
packaged default module aliases.
I really need feedback with them - they work for me but other people
had issues with module autoloading.
I will update them every now and then for new Mandrake packages.
regards
-andrey
>On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 06:17:07PM +0100, Mark Watts wrote:
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>> Sure - I'm trying it on Mandrake 9.1
>>
>> I've already had fun with the module_init_tools from
>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/
>>
>> Basically after doing the ./configure --prefix=/ && make moveold, I was left
>> with a bunch of dangling symlinks in /sbin
>>
>> I've since grabed the src.rpm from here:
>> http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/SRPMS/
>> and that seems to be behaving a bit more (although I haven't rebooted yet :)
>>
>> Everything else is from a standard Mandrake 9.1 install, so I'm using gcc
>> 3.2.2 and associated gubbins.
>>
> I'm also interested (I have a mdk 9.1 installed, too), so please keep us
> informed. I would like to test 2.6, but I have to do real work too, so I
> need the ability to switch back safely to a 2.4 kernel... so if you succeed,
> please share! Thanks a lot!