Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 17:34:35 +0100 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: Barbish3@adelphia.net Cc: jonc@chen.org.nz Subject: Re: safe mode for kernel.old Message-ID: <410BCA1B.7090205@circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGAEDAGIAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGAEDAGIAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net>
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JJB wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Moran [mailto:wmoran@potentialtech.com] > > "JJB" <Barbish3@adelphia.net> wrote: > > >> >>In 5.x versions the whole kernel boot process was replaced with > > new > >>method and the auto rename of the kernel no longer happens on a >>recompile and there is no kernel.generic module available. > > > What are you talking about? I did a cvsup/make kernel process just > a > week ago on a 5.1 machine, and the 5.2 kernel refused to work with > the > network card. Lucky for me, kernel.old was in the boot directory, > and > I was able to move it back over kernel. > > Yes, the process and everything is different, but the basic fallback > device is still there. [format corrected] > You used the upgrade in place from source so the old kernel release > version was left over by error. Try doing an separate stand alone > kernel recompile and the kernel.old is not created. This problem is > more visible for people who install 5.x from scratch. > > Or maybe this is a difference between using the new buildkernal > process over the older kernel compile process. > > All I know for sure is I installed 5.2.1 from miniistall.iso install > CD and used the older kernel compile process to build a custom > kernel and the kernel.old module was not created and the > kernel.generic module was never there. > > So what I am saying is you may be trying to run the kernel.old > module from 5.1 and not the one you think you built from 5.2.1. > Out of interest I just checked three 5.2.1 machines all of which were installed as 5.x and the most recent installed as 5.2.1 a week or so ago, then cvsup'd and buildworld/kernel'd just once. All have kernel.old Peter.
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