[lug] debian with 2.4 kernel

[Paul E Condon]

On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 06:55:12PM -0600, Hugh Brown wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Paul E Condon wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 09:59:07AM -0400, Hugh Brown wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 22:51, Peter Hutnick wrote:
> > > > Hugh Brown said:
> > > >
> > > > > I found 2.4.18-686, 2.4.16-686 and tried them both and it didn't work.
> > > > > I also tried compiling one from the 2.4.18 kernel-source package and
> > > > > turned off SMP and APIC, but I still get system freezes.
> > > >
> > > > Does /anything/ work on this machine?  Windows?  Knoppix?  Your FSF
> > > > Associate Member card?  (plug: http://member.fsf.org/)  Tom's Root-Boot?
> > > > (http://www.toms.net/rb/)
> > > >
> > > > -Peter
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Currently, I have Windows XP, Redhat 9 and debian with a 2.2 kernel
> > > working.
> > >
> > > I am trying to get a 2.4 kernel so that I can get my wireless card
> > > working.  I also suspect that the NVIDIA drivers require a 2.4 kernel
> > > (though the XFree86 shipped with RH 9 works fine for the video card).
> > >
> > I've lost track of just what you have tried in re. debian, but here are
> > some suggestions.
> >
> > kernel 2.4 bf24 is an attempt to include everything that is needed by
> > almost everyone. It should work, but if it doesn't, try kernel 2.4.18.
> > You say you have tried 2.4.18-686, but did you edit your lilo.conf to
> > include the needed line initrd=initrd.img ? The bf24 kernel does not
> > need this. Almost every other 2.4 kernel does in debian. Maybe APIC
> > being on keeps bf24 from working and lack of initrd keeps other kernels
> > from working.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> 
> I did edit my boot loader to include the initrd but to no avail.  I have
> now tried Knoppix (I'm booted to it right now) and it works fine.  So,
> I guess I need to find the kernel .config file that knoppix uses.
> 

Knoppix is derived from debian. You can find the .config that was used to
build the kernel in /boot. For Knoppix, because it is in ram disk, names
of directories are somewhat non-standard, but look where the kernel image
is. On my Knoppix CD they look like they have been mangled by a pass
thru a Windows NT file system. 

The same is true of your working debian with 2.2 kernel. So if you need
to cross-check kernel build parameters, look there also for a reference.


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