This is a little bit different from compiling a kernel 2.6 on Debian Woody because Sarge uses grub as the boot loader (instead of lilo) and because module-init-tools, initrd-tools, procps are already installed. After all it's similar to http://www.howtoforge.com/howto_linux_kernel_2.6_compile_debian. This is how you do it: Code: apt-get install kernel-package libncurses5-dev fakeroot wget bzip2 cd /usr/src wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.11.7.tar.bz2 tar xjf linux-2.6.11.7.tar.bz2 cd linux-2.6.11.7/ make menuconfig It is normally a good idea to take the configuration of your existing (working!) kernel 2.6 as a starting point for the configuration of your new kernel. Usually the current kernel configuration is saved in a file under /boot, e.g. /boot/config-2.6.3. I will load this configuration and then do the changes I desire. If you do not have the config file of a working kernel 2.6 this one might help you: http://www.falkotimme.com/howtos/debian_kernel2.6_compile/config-2.6.8.1 Code: make-kpkg clean fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image If the compilation stops with an error, run Code: make clean and then re-run the previous commands starting with Code: make menuconfig Go ahead with Code: cd ../ dpkg -i kernel-image-2.6.11.7_custom.1.0_i386.deb This will install your new kernel (including a ramdisk) and also update grub. You can now reboot your system, and you should then have a new kernel. You can check that by running: Code: uname -a
some errors after running the apt-get update with these sources: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing testing/security-updates main contrib non-free deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb http://debian.kcore.org/ ./ I started following the instructions. On the first line apt-get install kernel-package ncurses-dev fakeroot wget bzip2 I encountered 2 errors. First, it informed me that: Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... Package ncurses-dev is a virtual package provided by: libncurses5-dev 5.4-9 You should explicitly select one to install. and it installed none of the packages so, I removed the ncurses-dev from the install list and tried again. this time, all packages were installed, but it prompted me for if I wanted to stop gdm before I installed glibc. This was slightly weird, because I logged in as "repair" from grub. also, I don't believe gdm was running, because ps -A yielded: PID TTY TIME CMD 1 ? 00:00:00 init 2 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0 3 ? 00:00:00 events/0 4 ? 00:00:00 khelper 5 ? 00:00:00 kacpid 35 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0 45 ? 00:00:00 pdflush 46 ? 00:00:00 pdflush 48 ? 00:00:00 aio/0 47 ? 00:00:00 kswapd0 184 ? 00:00:00 kseriod 293 ? 00:00:00 kjournald 346 ? 00:00:00 udevd 1452 ? 00:00:00 khubd 2731 ? 00:00:00 dhclient 2736 ? 00:00:00 portmap 3083 tty1 00:00:00 init 3101 tty1 00:00:00 bash 3497 tty1 00:00:00 ps I chose to install glibc anyway, but can easily start over if I need to. Thanks, Dylan Evans
sorta... My kernel compiled completely with some warnings. When I rebooted, it gave me a Code: VFS: Cannot open root device "hdb1" or unknown block (0,0) kernel panic: not syncing: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) I have two physical HDs, one 6.4 gig (primary slave) with / and a swap on it, and a 80 gig with windows and /home and a swap. I believe the ramdrive installed correctly (at least no errors popped up) and I used my earlier kernel as a start point, and it boots fine. Any ideas? Dylan
Code: title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.13.4 root (hd1,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.13.4 root=/dev/hdb1 ro savedefault boot + an identical (recovery mode) and my vanilla kernel Dylan
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) # grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8), # grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub # and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/. ## default num # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. # # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. default 0 ## timeout sec # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry # (normally the first entry defined). timeout 5 # Pretty colours color cyan/blue white/blue ## password ['--md5'] passwd # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing # control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the # command 'lock' # e.g. password topsecret # password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/ # password topsecret # # examples # # title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 # root (hd0,0) # makeactive # chainloader +1 # # title Linux # root (hd0,1) # kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro # # # Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below ## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs ## ## Start Default Options ## ## default kernel options ## default kernel options for automagic boot options ## If you want special options for specifiv kernels use kopt_x_y_z ## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted. ## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro # kopt=root=/dev/hdb1 ro ## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=(hd1,0) ## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. alternative=true ## alternative=false # alternative=true ## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. lockalternative=true ## lockalternative=false # lockalternative=false ## altoption boot targets option ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options ## altoptions=(recovery mode) single # altoptions=(recovery mode) single ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the ## alternative kernel options ## e.g. howmany=all ## howmany=7 # howmany=all ## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option ## e.g. memtest86=true ## memtest86=false # memtest86=true ## ## End Default Options ## title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.13.4 root (hd1,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.13.4 root=/dev/hdb1 ro savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.13.4 (recovery mode) root (hd1,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.13.4 root=/dev/hdb1 ro single savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-k7 root (hd1,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-k7 root=/dev/hdb1 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-k7 savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-k7 (recovery mode) root (hd1,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-k7 root=/dev/hdb1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-k7 savedefault boot ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST # This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian # ones. title Other operating systems: root # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS # on /dev/hda1 title Microsoft Windows XP Professional root (hd0,0) savedefault makeactive chainloader +1
You're right! I added a initrd line to my menu.lst, and it booted wonderfully - thanks a bunch! However, when compiling, I had installed the latest gcc (4.0) and g++, but it said it would use the earlier 3.3 version to compile the kernel. does this mean if I compile any modules (like the latest nvidia driver), they will use gcc/g++ 4.0, and won't be compatible with my kernel? Is there a way to check (to see if I'm wrong) which g++/gcc compiler I used? Dylan
I went through the whole process of upgrading to kernel 2.6 and I made sure that the initr-img was in the right place, but when I loaded with the new kernel 2.6 it gave me another error. The boot was trying to find /sbin/init/ and /dev/console/ where would those be entered in so that the kernel can load?
Are you sure you have your root FS compiled in kernel? Hi, I had the same problem with my upgrade to 2.6.8. At first the kernel didn't boot at all, but after i did mkinitrd and added the initrd image to grub menu.lst I had the same results as you had written. As it turned out, I forgot to compile ext3 support into the kernel, which is needed if you have ext3 as the root fs (/). Hope this helps someone.
Do you know the type of file system on your boot drive? It must be complied in the kernel and *not* as a module. This is set in the kernel configuration. If you boot file system is ext3 then when you configure the kernel then the ext3 file system must be marked to be compiled in the kernel.
Ill get this error, Pivot_root: No such file or directory /sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init: This is my /boot/grub/menu.lst Code: # menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) # grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8), # grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub # and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/. ## default num # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. # # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. default 0 ## timeout sec # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry # (normally the first entry defined). timeout 20 # Pretty colours color cyan/blue white/blue ## password ['--md5'] passwd # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing # control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the # command 'lock' # e.g. password topsecret # password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/ # password topsecret # # examples # # title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 # root (hd0,0) # makeactive # chainloader +1 # # title Linux # root (hd0,1) # kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro # # # Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below ## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs ## ## Start Default Options ## ## default kernel options ## default kernel options for automagic boot options ## If you want special options for specifiv kernels use kopt_x_y_z ## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted. ## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro # kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro ## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=(hd0,0) ## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. alternative=true ## alternative=false # alternative=true ## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. lockalternative=true ## lockalternative=false # lockalternative=false ## altoption boot targets option ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options ## altoptions=(recovery mode) single # altoptions=(recovery mode) single ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the ## alternative kernel options ## e.g. howmany=all ## howmany=7 # howmany=all ## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option ## e.g. memtest86=true ## memtest86=false # memtest86=true ## ## End Default Options ## title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.15.6 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15.6 root=/dev/hda1 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15.6 savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.15.6 (recovery mode) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15.6 root=/dev/hda1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15.6 savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.11.7 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11.7 root=/dev/hda1 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.11.7 savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.11.7 (recovery mode) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11.7 root=/dev/hda1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.11.7 savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-2-386 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386 savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-2-386 (recovery mode) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386 savedefault boot ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST # This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian # ones. title Other operating systems: root Can you help me?
This is my /etc/fstab Code: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /home ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
