New Kernel

Igor Gueths igueths at lava-net.com
Tue Oct 26 19:13:11 EDT 2004


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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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