New kernel installation boot error

[littledrop]

Hi,

I did these steps to install kernel 2.6.18.1 and can't see anyting.
Distro : slackware 10.2


here are the steps I did

tar -jxvf ****.bz2
mv to /usr/src
rm linux
ln -s linux-2.6.18.1 linux
cd linux2.6
make xconfig
selected defaults
make dep
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.1
cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.18.1
ln -s /boot/System.map-2.6.18.1 /boot/System.map
edit lilo.cconf
new entry is
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.1
label=new
root=/dev/hda9

lilo -v

When I boot its blank screen
starts with
loading.........
BIOS data check.....
and then its blank

What to do?

Thanks

[Juan Pablo]

Configure some drivers for your computer before building the kernel (through xconfig)!

The commands you are using are for a 2.4 kernel. The 2.6 sequence is

make xconfig
make
make modules_install

Copy the bzImage as the new kernel, be sure to select at least some drivers for your computer to work

[littledrop]

Can you tell which drivers?
I have not changed any setting in menuconfig/xconfig (tried both)


Just 3 make commands?
there is no make bzImage?
make modules

[kern]

Can you tell which drivers?

How can someone else know what drivers YOUR PC is going to need?

think about it

[Juan Pablo]

"make" replaces "make bzImage" and "make modules"

lsmod lspci should help you to determine what exactly is in your computer
dmesg can also help but produces a big output, i would suggest grep for this command

[littledrop]

Thanks.

I will try to change some options in xconfig.

I am new to this and doing it for first time.
Thats why selected default options as don't know what to change.

[zazaz]

Hey! the same problem for me! I just want to run squid as transparent proxy and need reconfiguring my kernel...... Tried with 2.4.33.3 and with 2.6.18.1....
The same silly thing:

after selecting new kernel boot option in lilo, PC checks BIOS data, says it is succesful and then restarts instead of writing "uncompressing linux" or smth. (Old kernel works OK).... Can't it be a startup configuration problem (for example lilo configuration), but not the kernels problem?

Why slackware setup does not create kernel configuration file if it is konfiguring kernel on install time (if as You say it is adding appropriate drivers)? or it creates? if yes, so where to find that config (I could use it as base and then add any options I need) ...... or can't it be, that this is at all not a drivers problem, because as I think when installing from CD, default kernel is being copied? (and it works just fine). (You are prompted to select kernel which You would like to have)

[kern]

why are you building the kernel and breaking things at all?

that is the main question


slackware has packages for single cpu/dual cpu 2.6 kernels, install those and upgrading in future is simple as pie.

[littledrop]

output of lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 630 Host (rev 21)
00:00.1 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS85C503/5513 (LPC Bridge)
00:01.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 07)
00:01.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 07)
00:01.4 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 02)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 630/730 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (rev 21)

out of /proc/cpu
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Celeron (Coppermine)
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 851.940
cache size : 128 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips : 1697.38

why are you building the kernel and breaking things at all?

that is the main question
For learning purpose
doing self study linux certification

slackware has packages for single cpu/dual cpu 2.6 kernels, install those and upgrading in future is simple as pie.
From where to get packages?



This time I changed the processor in xconfig and enabled RAMDisk Image support.
There is error on boot.

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5011/errorya2.jpg

[Juan Pablo]

did you create already the initrd you are attempting to load?