RE: Zip & Kernel Compile woes ;-)

["SRIDHAR, G (MMCT04)" <TS3854 ftb com>]

Did U happen to copy the new vmlinuz to /boot/vmlinuz?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Lyndon Sundmark [SMTP:lsundmar home com]
> Sent:	Thursday, December 31, 1998 4:35 PM
> To:	redhat-list redhat com
> Subject:	Zip & Kernel Compile woes ;-)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am delving into the documentation from a number of sources including
> the how-tos and matt welsh's book 'running linux' in an attempt to
> compile a kernel other than the default one provided on FTP
> installation
> from sunsite. What is prompting the need for this ( perhaps I am out
> to
> lunch) is I am trying to get Linux to recognize my Zip Zoom SCSI card
> so
> that I can use my Zip drive under Linux.
> 
> I downloaded the kernel and module source for the same kernel I am
> using
> Redhat-5.2 kernel 2.0.36-0.7.
> 
> I do the make config, make dep, make clean, make zImage, make modules,
> make modules_install. I respond to all the appropriate prompts re SCSI
> support in the make config. The zip zoom is aha152x equivalent -so I
> ask
> for that one. No error messages come up on the compile
> 
> However after all the compiles are done, and I run the new kernel (
> listed as a second stanza in my lilo.conf), it refuses to see the scsi
> device.
> In Windows NT, the zip zoom works fine and seems to be located at
> 0x140
> with interrupt of 11. In conf.modules I have an entry that identifies
> the scsi adaptor as aha152x with parameters of 0x140,11,7,1.
> 
> No luck. Darndest thing   ;-)
> 
> Also, if I boot newly compiled kernel from HD, it starts the normal
> loading of it, interrupts itself as if what was asked for isnt really
> there and  proceeds to run my default kernel anyways. When I transfer
> the new kernel to a floppy , it loads much further, but still hangs on
> a
> modprobe error of some kind.
> 
> Does anyone have a kernel 2.0.36 zImage with all of that stuff
> properly
> configured and recognized to see  the zip zoom? Do the details
> mentioned
> above make any sense in terms of illuminating what the problems are
> either with the scsi configuration or my lame attempts at recompiling
> new kernel?
> 
> Thanks for any help  :-)
> 
> 
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