Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

sm-grimoire - Re: [SM-Grimoire] 2.5 / 2.6 kernels

sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Discussion of Spells and Grimoire items

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: "Jose Bernardo Silva" <jbs AT bandos.homelinux.com>
  • To: John T Copeland <johnc AT neto.com>, Craig Dyke <grail AT westnet.com.au>
  • Cc: Grimoire <sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Grimoire] 2.5 / 2.6 kernels
  • Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 15:18:40 +0000

Well, right now I can't boot into 2.6.0-test1 when I compile devfs support
into the kernel - I get a kernel panic because it is unable to open /dev/hda3
as the root device. 2.4.21 still boots fine on the same system...

---
Jose Bernardo B R Silva | Source Mage GNU/Linux Section Guru
jbernardo AT sourcemage.org | http://www.sourcemage.org
http://counter.li.org #245602
http://cosmos.oninetspeed.pt/jose.bernardo
jbs AT bandos.homelinux.com


---------- Original Message -----------
From: John T Copeland <johnc AT neto.com>
To: Craig Dyke <grail AT westnet.com.au>
Cc: Grimoire <sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 10:16:30 -0500
Subject: Re: [SM-Grimoire] 2.5 / 2.6 kernels

> Craig Dyke wrote:
>
> >I have recently tried to try out kernel 2.5.75 and after a few
> >small hiccups I found reference to module_init_tools to be
> >installed.
> >
> >This has not helped me in my quest to have modules loaded.
> >Am I missing something?
> >
> >After cast it advises that you run depmod 2.5.75
> >This didn't appear to do anything but display some information
> >on screen.
> >
> >I still receive error about QM_MODULE.
> >
> >Do I need to perform other tasks?
> >
> >Craig
> >
> >
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >SM-Grimoire mailing list
> >SM-Grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org
> >http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/sm-grimoire
> >
> >
> >
> I also had the problem with 2.5.75 and 2.6.0-test1; ie, the
> QM_MODULE one. I tried reinstalling(casting) modul-init-tool
> several times. Finally I copied the tarball to /tmp and installed
> it manually, following the instructions in the tarball; makeold,
> move in module.devfs, etc. This fixed the QM_MODULE problem. Note
> I started everytime with a fresh copy of /sbin from my old
> installation, the one with the 'modutils' installed.
>
> I also converted this copy of SMGL(2.6.x is is not my main system
> yet) to devfs. At the moment I am not too happy with devfs in
> 2.6.x. It works(?), but I am not exactly happy with a few things. JohnC
>
> _______________________________________________
> SM-Grimoire mailing list
> SM-Grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/sm-grimoire
------- End of Original Message -------





Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page