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linoleum
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 Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:25 pm Post subject: Upgrading to Kernel 2.6.14-gentoo-r5 failed[SOLVED] |
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Hi,
I'm trying to update the kernel on my ibm x40 having a strange (for me, stupid man of course) problem. I use genkernel and here what I get when I try to compile the new kernel
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Root device is (3, 6)
Boot sector 512 bytes.
Setup is 7048 bytes.
System is 1774 kB
Kernel: arch/i386/boot/bzImage is ready (#1)
* Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.3.10[0m
* Running with options: --menuconfig all
* ERROR: Could not copy the kernel binary to /boot!
* -- Grepping log... --
* -- End log... --
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The genkernel.log does not give me other useful error messages.
Ant help on where to start in order to solve this problem?
Thanks
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z3rgl1ng_z
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| Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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www.kernel.org
get the latest stable 2.6.xx kernel and put it in /usr/src then untar it like this:
| Code: | | tar xvjf NAME_KERNEL_FILE |
after that do this:
| Code: | | ln -s /usr/src/NAME_KERNEL_FOLDER /usr/src/linux |
after that configure the kernel...
and after run
and after
| Code: | | make modules_install install |
or the simplest way
read README in KERNEL_DIR after you untared it |
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linoleum
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:16 am Post subject: |
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It did not help. Still having the sme problem also with the new 2.6.15 kernel.
Any other suggestion?
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Pete M
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:31 am Post subject: |
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Just an observation but may help
Check that your boot partition is mounted with the command "mount" as root on the command line, here's mine
| Code: | # mount
/dev/sda3 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw,noatime)
shm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,devmode=0664,devgid=85)
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The important line is "/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw,noatime)"
Might help
Pete |
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z3rgl1ng_z
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:54 am Post subject: |
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run this:
or sda
depends on you'r hardware
type: p
and hit enter
copy paste the output
and copy paste what is in /etc/fstab |
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linoleum
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:58 am Post subject: |
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Thanks but the /boot partition semms mounted:
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/dev/hda5 on /boot type ext2 (rw,noatime)
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linoleum
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:05 am Post subject: |
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Herethe output of fdisk /dev/hda
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Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5168 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 4540 34322368+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda2 * 4617 5168 4173120 12 Compaq diagnostics
/dev/hda3 4541 4616 574560 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda5 * 1 5 37737 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 6 2589 19535008+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 2590 4540 14749528+ 83 Linux
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and here my /etc/fstab
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/dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda5 /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2
/dev/hda6 / reiserfs noatime 0 0
/dev/hda7 /home reiserfs noatime 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbstick auto noauto,user,rw 0 0
# NOTE: The next line is critical for boot!
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
# glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for
# POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink).
# (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will
# use almost no memory if not populated with files)
# Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this:
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
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Thanks for your help |
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z3rgl1ng_z
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:24 am Post subject: |
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post the error after compiling the kernel manualy... after runing
| Code: | | make modules_install install |
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z3rgl1ng_z
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:27 am Post subject: |
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after runing
you can copy bzImage from kernel sources folder to boot partition after that edit /etc/lilo.conf to the new kernel bzImage and run:
if you have problems post them here...
and don't use genkernel.. i had some problems with it, i prefer to do it my self |
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linoleum
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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Problem solved, thanks a lot.
Compiling the kernel without genkernel showed the origin of the problem: the /boot partition was full!!
Thanks again |
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