Not anymore. I was using my own for my system config. If I tried that I would have no Net card. NetworkEverywhere needs the Tulip Driver but I don't know which. I have the disk, so will read that one's red me txt file. Then maybe I can get the 2.6.11.6 installed.

[ignore] Note: never answer a big thread like this when you're sleepy, you may answer a question at page 3 :P

Please note this Link is dead and I get an error trying to look.

well considering the fact I have tried multiple tiimes and of course even had to format the drive and reinstlal Slackware because of the Linux 2.6.11.6 problems. So far I have done it 4 maybe 5 times and the last time it made my system have no nic again. My friend may get me a 3 Com card, but I am not counting on it. So who knows.

After I do make menuconfig and get the kernel to what I want. I run the make command and then make modules, followed by make modules_install. After that is all said and done with I cant seem to find the image of my kernel. Its not in .../linux/arch/i386/boot Did the image move with 2.6.11.7 update? I just installed slack so I am currently running kernel 2.4.29. Is there something that I am doing wrong. I followed the readme to the kernel and I just get stuck at this point.

commands are good, but you missed one make install for the main part, oopps don't we all make mistake 1

I forgot to write make install into my post...silly me. I have done the make install and all I have in my ../arch/i386/boot folder is bootsect.S edd.S install.sh Makefile mtools.conf.in setup.S video.S and two folders compressed and tools

Ok, well from one time that I did get it to work, somehow it automatically placed it in /boot if you have bubble prmopts on, then the nice thing about that, it shows time date and file information. the volmunz or what it is, can't remember exactly or bzimage that it makes and the system.map file should be there with the creation date. Hope this helps.

I am having trouble with editing lilo to work as described in the 2.4 kernel sticky I copied the previous entry and edited it to be for the 2.4.29 kernel

image = /boot/vmlinux.old
root = /dev/hda3
label = Slackware.old

when I save and then run # lilo to update lilo I receive fatal: open /boot/vmlinux.old: no such file or directory.

If I remove the .old from vmlinux then it updates but how would it know which kernel to boot if they are both /boot/vmlinux???

The file should be VmLinuz or BzImage, System.map, .config and for Some VmLinuz-ide-2.4.29 and System.map-2.4.29 .config-ide-2.4.29


Shilo can also answer this one. What Kernel are you trying to get to work with the Linux 2.4.29???
Linux 2.6.0
Linux 2.6.1
Linux 2.6.11.5
Linux 2.6.11.6
Linux 2.6.11.7

And many more. As soon as I get this full set of Linux 2.6.11.X Instructions setup with someone else adding and editing with me, I think it will help everyone that has been fighting with getting new kernels working. I have successfully made the Linux 2.6.11.7 Work 98%, and wants 100%, so my time getting things debugged and written down, what I do, should help a lot, as Isent my .config to someone and they said it was just fine. The Instructions will be Extrememly Basic, so it will make installing this somewhat easy for anyone that is new, or even a seasoned user, of course they may take it a bit salty, but it will be very simple and as precise as the two of us can make it. Piete is the other person..

My version was kernel 2.6.11.

Was?? what did you do, format and redo the system? Kill the new install??? Was?

well my system I installed was 10.1 with the 2.4.29 which is the Kernel I am still using the 2.6.11 kernel was the one I downloaded and tried to install, haven't removed it or anything. I did cp the 2.4.29 config to the 2.6.11 kernel and did the make and make modules_install commands.

It must have affected the 2.4.29 setup as I tried to install Dropline on the 2.4.29 setup but it cannot install.

Am using a pentium 4, on gigabyte motherboard 8100pe (or something similar cannot remember not at home), NVIDIA 128mb xmicro 5600 card and DHCP configured thru a e1000 pro adapter.

Ok this is from one of the People here I printed for my own instructons.

this one used make bzimage before make install

here you will be in /usr/src/linux-2.6.11

cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzimage /boot/vmlinuz.new
cp System.map /boot/Syatem.map-2.6.11
cp .config /boot/config-2.6.11

cd
Here you should be in system@home:#

cd /boot
cp System.map System.old
ln -sf System.map-2.6.11 System.map

If you make install, then two files VmLinuz and System.map are in ./root or the top directory. You can mv these files to the /boot directory and then do the above also.

If you did somehting like this then you should be ok.

Otherwise you over wrote your 2.6 information with the 2.4.29 information and it will not work. You will have to remove all refs of the 2.6.11 and the /lib/modules/2.6.11 directory and also /usr/src/linux-2.6.11 and start again. At least that is what I can figure out since I can't remember the recompile force information, as I am still writing the Install Guide.

Thanks will try when I get home from work...how do edit my lilo instead of vmlinux and vmlinux.old which is what was the in the sticky so i can chose which Kernel to boot..


Thanks Heaps for the help..look forward to seeing your guide