To minimize all the question answering do a make oldconfig and it uses your
previous .config file (assuming you put it into the new linux source tree).
This is how I've done all of my kernel compiles. I use the .config file that
came with my redhat 6.0 box and I'm on 2.2.14 now. The oldconfig will only
ask you the questions that are new to that version of the kernel. Pretty
painless.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Matteo" <mmatteo@sacbee.com>
To: <lug-nuts@saclug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Lug-Nuts] Compiling the Kernel from Red Hat source
> > rm -rf /lib/modules/2.2.12-20
>
> See, you're the second person to point that out.
>
> Why does that work? Yeah, I know that it does work but dang it, I
shouldn't
> hafta delete old versions of things. By adding stuff to EXTRAVERSION in
the
> toplevel makefile this shouldn't be an issue.
>
> The default EXTRAVERSION in the Red Hat sources is "-20" so that you get a
> kernel version of "2.2.12-20". In theory, if I change EXTRAVERSION to
> "-20test" I should get a kernel version of "2.2.12-20test" and my modules
> will be in "/lib/modules/2.2.12-20test/" thereby nicely avoiding
overwriting
> my old versions.
>
> That part works, I did it.
>
> Problem is, something, somewhere is still looking for symbol info under
> 2.2.12-20 and that ain't right.
>
> (EXTRAVERSION, by the way, is not a Red Hat thing, it's part of the 2.2
> tree)
>
> Well, for what it's worth, I just finished building 2.2.14. Hopefully
> that'll just work around the problem. Ugh, I really didn't want to answer
> all those &#@$% yes/module/no questions... :).
>
> Marc
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> Online Technology Leader
> http://www.sacbee.com
>
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