Error in compiling kernel after fresh installation

[terry84]

Hi All,

I am trying to perform a patch on the current kernel version that was included in SLES SP1 and do a compile of the kernel. However, after installing the new kernel and rebooting, I got a "Waiting for device" error.
I tried just compiling the kernel after a fresh installation of SLES SP1 on a physical and virtual machine and got the same problem.

When I was doing make rpm, I got errors something like (can't remember but it was something like not in gzip format, file format not recognized and exec format error)
Also, what I noticed when performing mkinitrd was that there were errors like the following:

ERROR: modinfo :could not open /var/tmp/kernel-2.6.32.120.7paemod-root/lib/modules/2.6.32.12-0.7-pae-mod/kernel/drivers/char/agp/ali-agp.ko: No such file or directory

The files include others such as amd-k7-agp.ko, ati-agp.ko, efficeon-agp.ko and others. There are also 2 files in the usb direcotry that has this problem.

This happened even after a fresh installation. What I did was the following:

cd /usr/src/linux
make cloneconfig
make menuconfig
make rpm
mkinitrd
vim /boot/grub/menu.lst

Anyone can help shed any light on this issue as I have been on it for a week. Thanks in advance!

Terry

[ved]

i think you have to follow instruction in link and any problem post here
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...are-linux.html

if possible try to install rpm file it is easy

[terry84]

ok i guess i forgot to add a rpm -ivh <kernel> after my 'make rpm'. However, the main point is that I am having compiling the kernel, nothing related to installation of the rpm i guess. Thanks for replying anyway, hope there are others that can help out as well.