2.6.0 kernel compile doc

David A. Bandel david
Mon May 17 11:49:57 PDT 2004


On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 12:48:31 -0400
Bruce Marshall <bmarsh at bmarsh.com> 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...
> 

There's a module-init-tools package that's required for 2.5.48 and
above.  I don't include that in the documentation, I assume you have
performed all required upgrades of ancilliary software.

Might try http://linuxbooks.pananix.com/kernel2.6.html for my stab at
2.6 "gotcha" documentation.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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