kernel modules

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Bill Davidson wrote:
> Alright. Now I've done it. I needed to rebuild my kernel after-all, and
I
> didn't make a backup of my working kernel(1 of my finer brain-dead
> moments). I ran 'make modules install' instead of 'make modules_install'. I
> ran make modules_install afterward. Now I can't boot. It just says 'loading
> kernel...' and freezes.
>
> This is for an lfs system, so I do have another working system. So I
> chrooted to my lfs partition and ran 'make menuconfig'. I probly don't need
> that but anyway... It appears I've hosed Ncurses. Here's the output:
>
> rm -f include/asm
> ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
> make -C scripts/lxdialog all
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog'
> collect2: cannot find 'ld'

ld is in /usr/bin on my Redhat boxes.  Perhaps you've got a $PATH problem?

>
> >> Unable to find the Ncurses libraries.
> >>
> >> You must have Ncurses installed in order
> >> to use 'make menuconfig'
>
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog'
>
> So here's the question: can I fix this? Also, was this caused by the stupid
> make modules install command that I mistakenly entered?

i doubt it.  Looks like binutils might have gotten hosed on your box, if
it can't find ld and can't find dynamic libs.

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