2.6.0 kernel compile doc

[Net Llama!]

On 07/26/03 09:48, Bruce Marshall wrote:

> Just a couple of comments for David:
> 
> I hope you again cover the virtual console issue.  I followed what you 
> wrote about enabling a virtual terminal and still didn't get any boot 
> lines...  I was able to get the dmesg output after the fact and the boot 
> went ok anyway.  But I'll be damned if I know how to get the same ol' 
> same ol' boot stuff... 
> 
> And I know I have to upgrade some of the packages, in particular whatever 
> loads those funky .ko modules....   But I really haven't had time to 
> look into it yet.  But the kernel ran fine for the most part...

If this is a box that had a 2.4.x kernel on it, you should be able to grab 
a special modutils that will handle this stuff.  I'm fairly certain that 
normal insmod or modprobe will load the .ko modules just like any other.


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