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I am installing a driver for my ethernet adapter,
I have successfully created a patch file and patched into the kernel.

I've configured the linux kernel, using 'make menuconfig'. I
intergrated the driver permanently into the kernel.

I've compiled the kernel using following commands:-
#make dep
#make clean bzImage
#make modules
#make modules_install

this went well except for a few warnings regarding type-casts.

I copied the new kernel into boot directory with following:-
#cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-new
#cp System.map /boot/System.map-new

The difficulity I am having is here:
I do not know how to create image for initrd /<cile-name.img>

The original entries I have in /boot/grub/grub.config is as follows:-
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (2.6.9-5.ELsmp)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-5.ELsmp ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb
quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-5.ELsmp.img
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES-up (2.6.9-5.EL)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-5.EL ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-5.EL.img

elanore wrote:

> I am installing a driver for my ethernet adapter,
> I have successfully created a patch file and patched into the kernel.
>
> I've configured the linux kernel, using 'make menuconfig'. I
> intergrated the driver permanently into the kernel.
>
> I've compiled the kernel using following commands:-
> #make dep

Not needed with the 2.6 kernel series.....

> #make clean bzImage

No, use just 'make' without the quotes here....

> #make modules

Not required by using the 'make' comand above....

> #make modules_install

This is OK.....

> this went well except for a few warnings regarding type-casts.
>
> I copied the new kernel into boot directory with following:-
> #cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-new
> #cp System.map /boot/System.map-new


Use 'make install' without the quotes here instead....

>
> The difficulity I am having is here:
> I do not know how to create image for initrd /<cile-name.img>


The 'make install' command will handle all of the copying and
configuration for you. To review the complie steps it's;

make config[or oldconfig or menuconfig or xconfig]
make
make modules_install
make install

Some suggested reading;

http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/K...ild-HOWTO.html

And since Red Hat no longer has building a custom kernel in the RHEL4
manuals;

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/e...om-kernel.html


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On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 at 08:29 GMT, elanore eloquently wrote:
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>
> The difficulity I am having is here:
> I do not know how to create image for initrd /<cile-name.img>
man mkinitrd for more details.

HTH
N.Emile...
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