Gentoo!

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 20:59

yeah, I mean the folder /usr/src/linux doesn't exist, so I can't do "make menuconfig" on it.

riven · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:02

Originally posted by burns
yeah, I mean the folder /usr/src/linux doesn't exist, so I can't do "make menuconfig" on it.

thats not a folder its a symlink

you should have done:

ln -s /usr/src/linux /usr/src/<your linux source name>

i think its that way round anyway, mpemba?

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:02

Originally posted by burns
yeah, I mean the folder /usr/src/linux doesn't exist, so I can't do "make menuconfig" on it.

Balls, I take it you haven't chrooted in yet. Ok no worries yet just do

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grep "EXT3" /mnt/gentoo/usr/src/linux/.config

Make sure your gentoo / partition is mounted in /mnt/gentoo first.

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:04

Originally posted by riven
thats not a folder its a symlink

you should have done:

ln -s /usr/src/linux /usr/src/<your linux source name>

i think its that way round anyway, mpemba?

Thats fine, normally the link is created when install the sources. But I think he's on the livecd and not in the chroot.

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:07

Originally posted by Mpemba Effect
Make sure your gentoo / partition is mounted in /mnt/gentoo first.

By doing mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo yeah?

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:11

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:14

Originally posted by Mpemba Effect
Yep

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grep "EXT3" /mnt/gentoo/usr/src/linux/.config

returns

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 no such file or directory

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:19

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ls -l /mnt/gentoo/usr/src

show me what you have in there.

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:25

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Originally posted by Mpemba Effect

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ls -l /mnt/gentoo/usr/src

show me what you have in there.

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linux -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.7-gentoo-r11
linux-2.6.7-gentoo-r11

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:29

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Originally posted by burns

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linux -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.7-gentoo-r11 linux-2.6.7-gentoo-r11

Ah so you do have the link "linux" in there. "cd" into linux (or linux-2.6.7-gentoo-r11) and type

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ls -lA .config

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:33

returns ".config"

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:36

ok, I assume you mean it returns something like

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-rw-r--r--  1 root root 18756 Aug  3 21:53 .config

In which case type

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grep "EXT3" .config

Shaz]sigh[ · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:37

Um, wow, start a new job, no time for forums, come back after 3 days and this mammoth post appears.

The fastest growing post in the Linux section perhaps?

Anyway, keep it up.

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:42

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Originally posted by Mpemba Effect
ok, I assume you mean it returns something like

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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18756 Aug 3 21:53 .config

In which case type

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grep "EXT3" .config

yeah sorry, that returns

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CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y
#CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set
#CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY is not set

Is it significant that this folder is called linux-2.6.7-gentoo-r11, and my grub.conf asks for kernel-2.6.7-gentoo-r11, have I got the names muddled up?
//sry missed some bits, added them in now.

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:42

Originally posted by Shaz]sigh[
The fastest growing post in the Linux section perhaps?

I'd say

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:45

Originally posted by burns

Is it significant that this folder is called linux-2.6.7-gentoo-r11, and my grub.conf asks for kernel-2.6.7-gentoo-r11, have I got the names muddled up?

No thats fine as long when you copied /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /boot/ as kernel-2.6.7-gentoo-r11. Double check that will you?

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:47

/boot contains both kernel-2.6.7-gentoo-r11 and linux-2.6.7-gentoo-r11 for some reason, I think I may have got the wrong one the realised my mistake when I copied it.

Mpemba Effect · 4 Aug 2004 at 21:53

Are they just two copies of the same file

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ls -l

and compare the file sizes. Anyway the boot error you get, error 2, do you get any other messages?

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 22:04

yeah, both are the same sizes and attributes.

burns · 4 Aug 2004 at 22:08

The error message is

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Verifying DMI Pool Data
GRUB Loading stage1.5.


GRUB loading, please wait...
Error 2