Applying Kernel Patch-Errors on FC1

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On Apr 29, 2004 at 16:56, Murali P in a soothing rage wrote:

> --- "ne..." <akabi at speakeasy.net> wrote: > On Apr 28,
>2004 at 12:37, Murali P in a soothing rage wrote:
[...]
>> Say you install the kernel-source rpm, this will
>> install
>> to /usr/src/linux-<version>. Now you apply the patch
>> to
>> this and it succeeds. Step 1 safely accomplished. So
>> now
>> you cd /usr/src/linux-<version> and edit the
>> Makefile.
>> Since you like your EXTRAVERSION as udf, you add
>> this
>> as 'EXTRAVERSION = -udf'. Next you do a 'make
>> mrproper'.
>> Now the source is in a nice clean state. Then
>> - Copy a 2.6.x config if you have one to 
>> /usr/src/linux-<version>/.config and do 'make
>> oldconfig'
>> - I then do a'make menuconfig' and recheck _all_ my
>> options.
>> - 'make clean all'
>> - 'make modules_install install'
>> - Check grub.conf and reboot.
>> 
>> If you have problems with these steps, it may happen
>> because of the options you chose in the 'make
>> menuconfig'
>> step. Redo from that point on.
>> 
>> HTH.
>> N.Emile...
>Thanks a lot.Your prescription worked.Packet writing
>is enabled on my CDRW device when I rebooted with the
>new bzImage copied as vmlinuz-2.6.3-udf under /boot.
>But strangely (or is it not?) 'make install' failed
>with the messages : "mkinitrd failed" and "could not
>load /lib/modules/2.6.3-2.1.204custom/modules.dep:No
>such file or directory ".
>Although system is fine,but what is the meaning of
>such error messages?
That there is a mis-match in version names somewhere.
Does what is listed in /boot, /lib/modules, your lilo.conf/grub.conf
and the kernel Makefile match up???

N.Emile...
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