mandrake (w/ [RE:new distro] question)
Brian Densmore
DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com
Wed Jan 30 17:27:19 CST 2002
Speaking of initial kernels and compiling has made me think about
the initrd file. [For those who don't know initrd is all the modules
for a specific kernel compressed in a tar file for use by the kernel
during boot]. Has anyone ever built one. I found the instructions on
how to do a while back and it is kind of messy. I reckin' we'll
need/want to build one for the new distro. Plus, Gene's problem also
brings up an important feature to add. If someone selects the ext3 or
reiserfs for the /boot partition or / if there is no /boot partition, we
want to compile that fs capability into the kernel.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Hammitt [mailto:thammitt at kc.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 11:09 AM
> Cc: Kclug
> Subject: Re: mandrake
>
>
> On Mandrake systems, the kernel .config that they used is
> copied to /boot,
> so you can start from there by copying it to your new kernel
> directory as
> .config and do a make oldconfig, then do the normal make
> xconfig or whatever
> you prefer to shut off things like ISDN and ATM support. It
> saves a little
> time.. Then remember to copy _your_ .config back to /boot
> for next time.
>
> It's a good idea to mount /boot read-only, good call Brian..
>
> Later,
> Tony
>
>
> Brian Densmore wrote:
> >
> > Gene,
> > You might try recompiling the kernel with reiserfs or ext3
> built in.
> > Not as a module. It is almost certainly a module now
> (especially if it
> > is the original kernel), and as such will be in the modules
> file in ...
> > you guessed it, /boot. that is why you are having trouble.
> This is why I
> > use ext2 for the /boot partition and make it a read-only filesystem.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Brian
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gene Dascher [mailto:gedascher at multiservice.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 8:24 AM
> > > To: Kclug
> > > Subject: RE: mandrake
> > >
> > >
> > > Mandrake 8.2 is in beta, according to an article on slashdot.
> > > Apparently,
> > > you'll be able to install it as small as 65MB! I like
> > > Mandrake, except for
> > > one problem that I keep having. I have installed 8.0 and 8.1
> > > on a Dell
> > > Inspiron laptop aith very few modifications. The problem I
> > > seem to have is
> > > that somehow, in the normal usage of the laptop (I have a
> > > dual-boot config
> > > with Win98), it looses its ability to mount the /boot
> > > partition! The laptop
> > > boots just fine in Linux, but when it is mounting the
> > > different partitions,
> > > it says it can't mount /dev/hda2 as /boot because the
> > > filesystem does not
> > > exist. I first used ReiserFS, and then switched to EXT3,
> but it still
> > > happens. I don't know if it is because I have SuspendToDisk
> > > enabled or
> > > what, but I'm confused. I think I will try the Gentoo or
> > > LinuxFromScratch
> > > this time to try and streamline the system more.
> > >
> > > Gene
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
> > > > [mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of
> > > Jonathan Hutchins
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 5:24 PM
> > > > To: Kclug
> > > > Subject: RE: mandrake
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On top of the various problems, there hasn't been any
> significant
> > > > update to
> > > > 8.1 since it came out in September.
> > > >
> > > > Then again, RedHat is still running 7.2.
> > > >
> > > > How recent is the latest Debian? SuSE?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > majordomo at kclug.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > majordomo at kclug.org
> > >
> >
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