Hi,
I would like to ask questions regarding getting kernel source/cloning it, configuring, compiling and installing.
So far I have been able to successfully get and compile “some kernel”, but when I try to install it the system will not boot.
Thank you,
Augie
Try here. You yourself mention the word “boot” and this is also about boot. And it is also a sort of installing (even when not the standard way).
On 2012-11-05 20:46, AugieHenriques wrote:
> So far I have been able to successfully get and compile “some
> kernel”, but when I try to install it the system will not boot.
There is some documentation in /usr/src/linux/ and then readme-suse or
similar.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))
On 11/05/2012 02:59 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2012-11-05 20:46, AugieHenriques wrote:
>> So far I have been able to successfully get and compile “some
>> kernel”, but when I try to install it the system will not boot.
>
> There is some documentation in /usr/src/linux/ and then readme-suse or
> similar.
The most-common reason that a kernel will not boot is that the driver needed for
the disk hardware and/or the necessary file system are not available. You can
almost always get a working system by changing to the source directory and
running the command:
zcat /proc/config.gz > .config
This configuration file includes many modules that are not needed, but it will boot.
So normally you use the kernels as supplied by our repositories for your specific kernel version. Another choice is to compile your own kernel from source. You can download the latest kernel source from here: The Linux Kernel Archives and then compile it manually if you like or have a look at a bash script I have written you can find here: S.A.K.C. - SUSE Automated Kernel Compiler - Version 2.78 - Blogs - openSUSE Forums and it allows you to fully configure your kernel source as you like. If you really get into compiling your own kernels outside of using YaST, you may need some help to git rid of the ones you do not like. If so, have a look here for removing kernels installed using SAKC: S.A.K.R. - SUSE Automated Kernel Remover- Version 1.0.3 - Blogs - openSUSE Forums and if for any reason the exact kernel version you want to use can’t be found on the front page of kernel.org, have a look at a git system that gives you all kernel version back to 2.11 stored in your local PC: S.G.T.B. - SuSE Git Kernel Tarball Creator - Version 1.81 - Blogs - openSUSE Forums and so I think there is something posted in here that you will surely like.
Thank You,