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wavenator

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Registered: 2007-12-03

Posts: 62

compile a kernel

ok i downloaded the zen sources
i did in this order
make mrproper
make menuconfig
make
make depend
make modules
make modules_install

now i have the bzImage
i copy it with the system.map to /boot/
did like that:(grub menu.lst)

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,7)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda8 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

# (1) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux Fallback
root   (hd0,7)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda8 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img

# (2) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux zen
root   (hd0,7)
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/sda8 ro

the other kernels works fine
the zen gets a kernel panic with something VFS and root

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brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,742

Re: compile a kernel

Reboot into a working kernel, then:

zcat /proc/config.gz > /usr/src/linux/.config

fetid

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From: china

Registered: 2007-12-21

Posts: 19

Re: compile a kernel

after install your  vmlinuz,   must run mkinitcpio to create kernel.img
man mkinitcpio

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wavenator

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Registered: 2007-12-03

Posts: 62

Re: compile a kernel

after install your  vmlinuz,   must run mkinitcpio to create kernel.img
man mkinitcpio

i did it
now i have problem with the mouse on boot
any guess?

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Mantaar

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Registered: 2007-12-17

Posts: 70

Re: compile a kernel

after install your  vmlinuz,   must run mkinitcpio to create kernel.img
man mkinitcpio

i did it
now i have problem with the mouse on boot
any guess?

Errr.... what problem do you have? What do the initscripts say, or does it not work in X or rather gpm? There are a million things that can go wrong, so you'll have to be more specific.

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p4ddY

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-12-04

Posts: 7

Re: compile a kernel

Why don't you use the PKGBUILD?

wavenator

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Registered: 2007-12-03

Posts: 62

Re: compile a kernel

the pkgbuild doesnt work for me

listen
explain me how to compile the kernel step by step
i know how to config it
so this is what i know

make mrproper
make menuconfig
make
make depend
make modules
make modules_install
make install

mkinitcpio -g /boot/bzImage

and put what needed in the grub

whats next?

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