New Kernel

ace ace at talkingirc.com
Wed Oct 27 00:24:15 EDT 2004


What do you mean by answer every single question?  I did; I just pressed
enter to each one of them, taking the default setting.  Isn't that
acceptable?

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From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at lava-net.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: New Kernel


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> Um...Not necessarily. That's where you must have made the mistake...You
need to answer every single question.
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:50:46PM -0700, ace wrote:
> > I did not copy the system.map file.  I was wondering if it could be
missing
> > a kernel parameter.  Since I pretty much took all of the defaults during
the
> > make config script, it could be expecting some parameters.  Shouldn't
the
> > kernel still work though even if I don't specify the Speakup parameters?
> >
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> > From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at lava-net.com>
> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
<speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 3:28 AM
> > Subject: Re: New Kernel
> >
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> > > Hmm...Remote editing is netorious for you accidentally deleting lines
and
> > not knowing it. Did you make sure you didn't do anything that didn't
move
> > init from its place in /sbin? Also, did you
> > > copy the new System.map file from /usr/src/linux to /boot?
> > > On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 09:44:38PM -0700, ace wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I am using Fedora Core II.  It was originally compiled without
Speakup
> > > > support.  I logged into the box remotely (it's my friend's box) to
> > recompile
> > > > his kernel with the latest Speakup CVS.  I downloaded the checkout
> > script
> > > > and created a symlink called linux to point to the
> > /usr/src/linux-2.6.8....
> > > > folder.  The make config and the make ran just fine.  I copied the
> > > > /arch/i386/boot/bzImage file to /boot.  I then went into
/etc/grub.conf
> > and
> > > > changed the kernel file name in the kernel line to bzImage.  That's
all
> > I
> > > > did.  I rebooted the box and it says something like:
> > > > "No init found, try passing init to the kernel", or something like
that.
> > > > What did I do wrong?
> > > >
> > > > NOTE -- I didn't understand many of the long and boring questions in
the
> > > > make config script, so I pressed enter and accepted defaults to all
of
> > them.
> > > > Plus, there was only one question about Speakup, I think, it was
about
> > > > compiling DoubleTalk into the kernel.  It's possible that I skipped
more
> > > > when I got bored and just pressed enter a few times.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Robby
> > > >
> > > >
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