[NTLUG:Discuss] kernels

[Scott Denlinger]

Lance wrote:

>Did you try starting from the original config file for your _bootable_
>kernel and then modifying it for what you need? 
>
I'm not sure where that .config file would be. I installed Debian Woody 
from boot floppies and the Internet. The config file for this 
distribution appears to be in the /boot directory called 
'config-2.4.18-bf2.4', since I used the 2.4 kernel option when I 
installed it. (Debian Woody allows you to choose a 2.2 kernel if you 
want it, hence the 'bf2.4' tag.) I'm not sure how to recompile using 
this file, or even how to just use that file and compile ftape as a 
module using it as a target.

>Does your kernel use initrd, and do you have initrd enabled at bootup?
>That's what the failure to load modules sounds like to me.
>
No, I'm not using initrd.

Scott Denlinger