[Click] Is there a good "dumb-moron" guide to kernel mode?

[Beyers Cronje]

Nope, a full yum update takes forever on my slow 512k adsl line :(


On 1/11/07, Nicholas Weaver <nweaver at icsi.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 10:57:46PM +0200, Beyers Cronje composed:
> > Hi Nicholas,
> >
> > I also use Fedora, FC 4 was the latest I've installed. I start with the
> > default config at:
>
> When you install FC4 do you also follow it with a full yum update?
>
> > /usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-smp-i686/.config   , apply the click
> > kernel patch, and compile and install the vanilla kernel using this
> config.
> > The only thing that does not work is 'make install' adds a new entry in
> > /boot/grub/grub.conf for the vanilla kernel, but the root=LABEL=/ kernel
> > option tag does not work. I just manually change this tag to my root
> drive
> > i.e. root=/dev/sda1 and everything works fine from there on.
> >
> > One last thing, I do a full FC install, so all programming tools etc are
> > installed by default through the FC install.
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > Beyers
> >
> >
> > On 1/11/07, Eddie Kohler <kohler at cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > >The easiest thing to do is to take the working .config and copy it.
> > >
> > >Compiling linux with that config generally takes forever and a day
> > >because of the number of modules compiled.
> > >
> > >How to find the config?  /lib/modules/VERSION/build/........  Poke
> > >around there.  Also you can install kernel source RPMs.  Perhaps
> someone
> > >else has more detailed advice, my memory is faulty.
> > >
> > >Eddie
> > >
> > >
> > >Nicholas Weaver wrote:
> > >> n Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 09:02:06AM -0800, Eddie Kohler composed:
> > >>> In my experience the hard part is finding the config that
> works.  After
> > >>> that you're home free.  Before that I generally want to cry.  What
> type
> > >>> of wedge are you seeing?  I generally use Red Hat/Fedora based
> distros.
> > >>
> > >> Question: would the broadcom on-board NIC cause things to screw up as
> > >> well?  EG, should I just disable it and only have the Intel NICs?
> > >>
> > >> Was Fedora Core latest, but using a vanilla kernel.  2.6.16.13 built
> > >with
> > >> click.
> > >>
> > >> I think I may have screwed up something very low level early, because
> > >> its failing by "unable to fine device-mapper major/minor"
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> (I haven't done much kernel building etc).
> > >>
> > >> What configuration etc have you used succesfully?  I can nuke and
> > >> reinstall this machine however I want.
> > >>
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> Nicholas C. Weaver                               nweaver at icsi.berkeley.edu
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