Re: make install problems

["Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:18:10 -0400 Kevin Breit <mrproper@ximian.com> wrote:

| On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 11:34, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
| > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:29:42 -0400 Kevin Breit <mrproper@ximian.com> wrote:
| > 
| > | On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 11:14, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
| > | > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:16:19 -0400 Kevin Breit <mrproper@ximian.com> wrote:
| > | > 
| > | > | Hey,
| > | > | 	I setup a test6 kernel without module support.  I did a make install
| > | > | and got:
| > | > | 
| > | > | Kernel: arch/i386/boot/bzImage is ready
| > | > | sh /usr/src/linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/i386/boot/install.sh 2.6.0-test6
| > | > | arch/i386/boot/bzImage System.map ""
| > | > | /lib/modules/2.6.0-test6 is not a directory.
| > | > | mkinitrd failed
| > | > | 
| > | > | How can I fix this?
| > | > 
| > | > We've seen this before, and I thought that we had determined that
| > | > it was a tools problem.  Is "depmod" in $PATH the depmod from
| > | > modutils or the one from module-init-tools?
| > | > I.e., what does 'depmod -V' say?
| > | 
| > | modutils-2.4.22-8
| > | 
| > | [root@kbreit linux-2.6.0-test6]# depmod -V
| > | depmod version 2.4.22
| > | 
| > | 
| > | > and what execs mkinitrd?  I don't find it with a quick grep.
| > | 
| > | No clue
| > 
| > You need to use module-init-tools with 2.6.x, not modutils.
| > You can find them at
| >   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/
| > Just get the latest version.
| 
| Why do I need this for a moduleless kernel?

arch/i386/boot/Makefile for 'make install' runs arch/i386/boot/install.sh.
This latter script runs /sbin/installkernel or ~/bin/installkernel.
You (user) control the latter one (if present).
Your distro controls the former one, so I can't say what's in your
system's /sbin/installkernel file.
In my /sbin/installkernel, I can see that using it with a "-i"
option tells it not to generated initrd files.
YMMV.

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~Randy