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FooSoft

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Registered: 2009-04-10

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[Solved] Some issues installing custom kernel package

Hey guys, I just built a kernel for the first time (yay), but Im having trouble installing it via pacman. I followed the instructions on http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ker … rom_Source and opted for the 2nd approach. Here's what happens when I try deploy the package:

[foosoft@misato ~]$ sudo pacman -U kernel26-my-2.6.31.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz 
loading package data...
checking dependencies...
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading kernel26-my                         [#####################] 100%
>>> Updating module dependencies...
>>> Creating initial ramdisk...
mkinitcpio: usage
  -c CONFIG        Use CONFIG file. default: /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
  -k KERNELVERSION Use KERNELVERSION. default: 2.6.31-ARCH
  -s NAME          Save filelist. default: no
  -b BASEDIR       Use BASEDIR. default: /
  -g IMAGE         Generate a cpio image as IMAGE. default: no
  -a NAME          Append to an existing filelist. default: no
  -p PRESET        Build specified preset.
  -m MESSAGE       Print MESSAGE before passing control to kinit.
  -S SKIPHOOKS     Skip SKIPHOOKS (comma-separated) when building the image.
  -v               Verbose output. Default: no
  -M               Display modules found via autodetection.
  -L               List all available hooks.
  -H HOOKNAME      Output help for hook 'HOOKNAME'.
  -h               This message.
/tmp/alpm_Yy9wjl/.INSTALL: line 17: /boot/kernel26-ARCH_CUSTOM.img: No such file or directory
error: command failed to execute correctly
[foosoft@misato ~]$ cd /boot
[foosoft@misato boot]$ ls
System.map26              kernel26-fallback.img  vmlinuz26-ARCH_CUSTOM
System.map26-ARCH_CUSTOM  kernel26.img
grub                      vmlinuz26

Here are the PCKGBUILD and .install files that I used

pkgname=kernel26-my
basekernel=2.6.31.6
pkgver=2.6.31.6
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="The Linux Kernel and modules"
arch=('x86_64')
license=('GPL')
url="http://www.kernel.org"
depends=('module-init-tools' 'mkinitcpio')
provides=(kernel26)
install=kernel26.install

build() {
  LOCAL_VERSION="$(grep "CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=" $startdir/.config | sed 's/.*"\(.*\)"/\1/')"

  cd ..
  make || return 1
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/{lib/modules,boot}
  make INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$startdir/pkg modules_install || return 1

  # There's no separation of firmware depending on kernel version - 
  # comment this line if you intend on using the built kernel exclusively,
  # otherwise there'll be file conflicts with the existing kernel
  rm -rf $startdir/pkg/lib/firmware

  install -Dm644 "System.map" "$startdir/pkg/boot/System.map26$LOCAL_VERSION"
  install -Dm644 "arch/x86/boot/bzImage" "$startdir/pkg/boot/vmlinuz26$LOCAL_VERSION"

  # Change the version strings in kernel26.install
  sed -i \
    -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION=.*/KERNEL_VERSION=\"$basekernel\"/" \
    -e "s/LOCAL_VERSION=.*/LOCAL_VERSION=\"$LOCAL_VERSION\"/" \
    $startdir/kernel26.install
}

KERNEL_VERSION="2.6.31.6"
LOCAL_VERSION="-ARCH_CUSTOM"

post_install () {
  echo ">>> Updating module dependencies..."
  /sbin/depmod -A -v ${KERNEL_VERSION}${LOCAL_VERSION}
  echo ">>> Creating initial ramdisk..."
  mkinitcpio -k "${KERNEL_VERSION}${LOCAL_VERSION}" -g 
"/boot/kernel26${LOCAL_VERSION}.img"
}

post_upgrade() {
  echo ">>> Updating module dependencies..."
  /sbin/depmod -A -v ${KERNEL_VERSION}${LOCAL_VERSION}
  echo ">>> Creating initial ramdisk..."
  mkinitcpio -k "${KERNEL_VERSION}${LOCAL_VERSION}" -g 
"/boot/kernel26${LOCAL_VERSION}.img"
}

What am I doing wrong?

Last edited by FooSoft (2009-12-01 03:34:21)

tomk

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Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: [Solved] Some issues installing custom kernel package

The mkinitcpio lines in your install file are wrapped.

FooSoft

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Registered: 2009-04-10

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Re: [Solved] Some issues installing custom kernel package

Doh! Foiled by line wraps in nano. I'll try this at home and mark this as SOLVED if it works. Thanks!