FC2 Kernel Rebuild

[Steve Pyatt]

After trying for about two weeks to rebuild the kernel that comes with
FC2, I finally got it to work. At least to the point that it boots
correctly. The only web link I found that had correct instructions for
the kernel is this one;
http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2465

Steve
http://www.voodoovenue.com

RPM Database Problems

[Tony Perrie]

I managed to axe my rpm database while attempting to fix my segmentation 
fault problems yesterday.  Essentially, rpm -qa is now coming up blank, 
rpm --rebuilddb nor rpm --initdb doesn't seem to fix anything.  Anything 
else?  I tried re-installing the rpms for rpm-* and rpmdb-, but to no 
avail.  Any suggestions?

Tony

RPM Database Problems

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 14:26:46 -0500 (CDT), Tony Perrie wrote:

>  I managed to axe my rpm database while attempting to fix my
> segmentation 
>  fault problems yesterday.  Essentially, rpm -qa is now coming up blank, 
>  rpm --rebuilddb nor rpm --initdb doesn't seem to fix anything.  Anything 
>  else?  I tried re-installing the rpms for rpm-* and rpmdb-, but to no 
>  avail.  Any suggestions? 
Sounds as if you've deleted RPM database files in /var/lib/rpm.

No backups available at all?

Save a copy of /var/log/rpmpkgs in safe place as soon as possible. It
lists all packages that were found in your RPM database the last
night. You could try to reconstruct your RPM database with the help of
that file. With a bit of scripting and reading the RPM manual, you could
re-install all those packages into the database (hints: options --justdb
--noscripts --notriggers as a minimum). Have fun!

NTFS : writting : a little part of solution

[Manu Linux Lookit]

Hi ,

after many tries , what i have :

fedora code 2 , kernel 2.6

>  captive-ntfs doesn't work because pb compiling with kernel 2.6
>  ntfs : from linux project : work only on read . 
THere is another solutions ?

Tks for answer .

Regards
Manu

[Phil Schaffner]

On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 14:09 -0500, Steve Pyatt wrote:
>  After trying for about two weeks to rebuild the kernel that comes
> with
>  FC2, I finally got it to work. At least to the point that it boots
>  correctly. The only web link I found that had correct instructions for
>  the kernel is this one;
>  http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2465 
Well, that set of instructions omits "make mrproper" as the first step,
which can be critical for Red Hat kernels - certainly has been necessary
in the past.  Also has quite a lot of stuff that is not relevant to
rebuilding/installing a Fedora kernel that may be confusing.

This procedure works for me:
---------------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/bash
# /root/bin/make_linux
# 
# Kernel build steps:
#   1. Install the sources
#   2. cd <install directory> (e.g. /usr/src/linux-2.4
#   3. make mrproper
#   3a. optional - copy .config file from configs directory or
#       old kernel, then "make oldconfig"
#   4. make xconfig (gconfig for 2.6 or menuconfig if not in X)
#   5. make dep (not required for 2.6 kernels)
#   6. make
#   7. make bzImage
#   8. make modules
#   9. make modules_install
#  10. make install
#  11. if required, configure bootloader. ("make install" will do
#       this for you)
#
# This script implements steps 6-10
#
# Note: adjust "-j n" for performance on compilation
#   runs parallel jobs
#   -j 4 is a good starting place for single processor

(make -j 6 && make -j 6 bzImage && make -j 6 modules && \
make modules_install && make install) >& /tmp/MakeKernel.log

# check log file for errors when done, repeat as required, or reboot
# to test
---------------------------------------------------------------

"make rpm" has also been suggested as a simple solution.

Sorry to hear you had such problems.  Might have found better help in
the list archive - has been discussed before.

Phil

[Aaron Hughes]

Phil Schaffner wrote:
>  On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 14:09 -0500, Steve Pyatt wrote:
>  
> >After trying for about two weeks to rebuild the kernel that comes with
> >FC2, I finally got it to work. At least to the point that it boots
> >correctly. The only web link I found that had correct instructions for
> >the kernel is this one;
> >http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2465
>  
>  
>  Well, that set of instructions omits "make mrproper" as the first step,
>  which can be critical for Red Hat kernels - certainly has been necessary
>  in the past.  Also has quite a lot of stuff that is not relevant to
>  rebuilding/installing a Fedora kernel that may be confusing.
>  
>  This procedure works for me:
>  ---------------------------------------------------------------
>  #!/bin/bash
>  # /root/bin/make_linux
>  # 
>  # Kernel build steps:
>  #   1. Install the sources
>  #   2. cd <install directory> (e.g. /usr/src/linux-2.4
>  #   3. make mrproper
>  #   3a. optional - copy .config file from configs directory or
>  #       old kernel, then "make oldconfig"
>  #   4. make xconfig (gconfig for 2.6 or menuconfig if not in X)
>  #   5. make dep (not required for 2.6 kernels)
>  #   6. make
>  #   7. make bzImage
>  #   8. make modules
>  #   9. make modules_install
>  #  10. make install
>  #  11. if required, configure bootloader. ("make install" will do
>  #       this for you)
>  #
>  # This script implements steps 6-10
>  #
>  # Note: adjust "-j n" for performance on compilation
>  #   runs parallel jobs
>  #   -j 4 is a good starting place for single processor
>  
>  (make -j 6 && make -j 6 bzImage && make -j 6 modules && \
>  make modules_install && make install) >& /tmp/MakeKernel.log
>  
>  # check log file for errors when done, repeat as required, or reboot
>  # to test
>  ---------------------------------------------------------------
>  
>  "make rpm" has also been suggested as a simple solution.
>  
>  Sorry to hear you had such problems.  Might have found better help in
>  the list archive - has been discussed before.
>  
>  Phil
>  
>  
>   
I followed your steps and everything went well with the 2.6.6 kernel 
even NVIDIA drivers.  I did everything in /home/user/src/kernel and it 
is taking up a lot of space now.  What do I do with the stuff that's in 
the directory can I do a make clean, delete all of it, move it somewhere 
else?