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How to: Compile Linux kernel 2.6

by NIX Craft on September 29, 2005 154 comments LAST UPDATED May 5, 2012
in CentOS, Debian Linux, GNU/Open source
Compiling custom kernel has its own advantages and disadvantages.
However, new Linux user / admin nd it dicult to compile Linux
kernel. Compiling kernel needs to understand few things and then just
type couple of commands. This step by step howto covers compiling
Linux kernel version 2.6.xx under Debian GNU Linux. However,
instructions remains the same for any other distribution except for
apt-get command.
Step # 1 Get Latest Linux kernel code

Visit http://kernel.org/ and download the latest source code. File name would be linuxx.y.z.tar.bz2, where x.y.z is actual version number. For example le inux-2.6.25.tar.bz2
represents 2.6.25 kernel version. Use wget command to download kernel source code:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-x.y.z.tar.bz2
Note: Replace x.y.z with actual version number.
Step # 2 Extract tar (.tar.bz3) le

Type the following command:
# tar -xjvf linux-2.6.25.tar.bz2 -C /usr/src
# cd /usr/src
Step # 3 Congure kernel

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Before you congure kernel make sure you have development tools (gcc compilers and
related tools) are installed on your system. If gcc compiler and tools are not installed
then use apt-get command under Debian Linux to install development tools.
# apt-get install gcc
Now you can start kernel conguration by typing any one of the command:
$ make menucong - Text based color menus, radiolists & dialogs. This option
also useful on remote server if you wanna compile kernel remotely.
$ make xcong - X windows (Qt) based conguration tool, works best under KDE
desktop
$ make gcong - X windows (Gtk) based conguration tool, works best under
Gnome Dekstop.
For example make menucong command launches following screen:
$ make menuconfig
You have to select dierent options as per your need. Each conguration option has
HELP button associated with it so select help button to get help.
Step # 4 Compile kernel

Start compiling to create a compressed kernel image, enter:
$ make
Start compiling to kernel modules:

$ make modules
Install kernel modules (become a root user, use su command):

$ su # make modules_install
Step # 5 Install kernel

So far we have compiled kernel and installed kernel modules. It is time to install kernel
itself.
# make install
It will install three les into /boot directory as well as modication to your kernel grub
conguration le:
System.map-2.6.25
cong-2.6.25
vmlinuz-2.6.25
Step # 6: Create an initrd image

Type the following command at a shell prompt:
# cd /boot
# mkinitrd -o initrd.img-2.6.25 2.6.25
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initrd images contains device driver which needed to load rest of the operating system
later on. Not all computer requires initrd, but it is safe to create one.
Step # 7 Modify Grub conguration le - /boot/grub

/menu.lst
Open le using vi:
# vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
title
root
kernel
initrd
savedefault
boot
Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.25 Default

(hd0,0)
/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 ro
/boot/initrd.img-2.6.25
Remember to setup correct root=/dev/hdXX device. Save and close the le. If you think
editing and writing all lines by hand is too much for you, try out update-grub command
to update the lines for each kernel in /boot/grub/menu.lst le. Just type the command:
# update-grub
Neat. Huh?
Step # 8 : Reboot computer and boot into your new

kernel
Just issue reboot command:
# reboot
For more information see:

Our Exploring Linux kernel article and Compiling Linux Kernel module only.
Ocial README le has more information on kernel and software requirement to
compile it. This le is kernel source directory tree.
Documentation/ directory has interesting kernel documentation for you in kernel
source tree.
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{ 154 comments read them below or add one }
1 Anonymous March 7, 2006 at 1:40 am
According to the kernel documentation, the kernel should be compiled using gcc
2.95.x, with x >= 3. apt-get install gcc under debian gives you a recent gcc
(version > 4).
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2 Matka March 17, 2012 at 6:31 pm
http://theos.in/desktop-linux/tip-that-matters/exploring-linux-kernel/
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3 nixcraft March 7, 2006 at 9:52 am
It works with gcc version >= 4.0.
gcc version
gcc (GCC) 4.0.3 20060212 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.2-9)
uname -a
Linux debian 2.6.15.4 #1 PREEMPT Fri Feb 17 20:46:04 IST 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
I have compiled above kernel using gcc 4.0.2-9. INSTALL le may be not updated.
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4 Anonymous March 17, 2006 at 9:47 pm
Thanks a lot Gabber Anna,
Its works for me :-))
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5 nixcraft March 17, 2006 at 11:25 pm
LOL
Note sure who are you?
But you bring back some old memories
Take care buddy :)
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6 Learn Hacking March 25, 2007 at 7:57 am
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any guess about boot loader?

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7 debianusr August 18, 2007 at 5:57 pm
After building the kernel and updating grub Ive rebooted the new kernel
successfully. Now I am wondering if this process includes updating the kernel
header les in /usr/include/. If not, what is the best way to do that and should any
new directories be added to ld.so.conf so I can update glibc?
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8 nixCraft August 18, 2007 at 6:55 pm
If you also upgraded kernel-devel and headers package you should get updates. No
need to upgrade ld.so.conf or cache
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9 Animesh October 13, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Info
Kernel 2.6.23 has issues with kernel headers. If you have distros like fedora it
gonna give up some wierd xdep.c error messages.
Some forums say you need to have 2.4 headers for compiling it. Kernel header is a
huge mess scattered around and well serious debates have gone down the drain
http://kerneltrap.org/node/6536
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10 Pradeep April 30, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Does this kernel support RHEL4 update 5
I am using kernel 2.6.9-55.EL can i upgade the
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11 dushyant May 9, 2008 at 11:50 am
How much time does it take approximately?
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12 Krishna Priya Bandyopadhyay May 15, 2008 at 6:45 pm
i am trying it on mandriva 2008.i can not do $ make menucong.is there any
option to do that.please help me to get out of this as soon as possible.i wonder
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there is no option of make.

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13 Pothikan Suresh June 4, 2008 at 8:05 am
Priya,
To make make work, go inside the kernel directory ie., /usr/src/. There, u can nd
the make le. Now, just give $make menucong. It will work. :)
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14 Krishna Priya Bandyopadhyay June 20, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Thanks for ur reply.Im working ne now with the walk through given by you
Krishba Priya bandyopadhyay
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15 Blues June 4, 2008 at 11:28 pm
With 2.6 kernel there is no need for make modules. make builds kernel and
modules. Have you ever read the README in kernel source directory?
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16 Anil Kumar Jena June 24, 2008 at 8:38 pm
It will take near about 1 to 1.30 hours. for complete
installation
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17 Lin June 25, 2008 at 9:38 am
I tried make 2.6.25 in my desktop (FC5, kernel version 2.6.15), everything goes
okay, but failed to boot the new kernel image with the follow error messages:
PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area at e0000000 is not E820-reserved
PCI: Not using MMCONFIG
Read Hat nash version 5.0.32 Starting
mount: error mounting /dev/root on /sysroot at ext3: No such device
.
In initrd.img le, I found no libata.ko or any other .ko modules are added before
mkrootdev.
Is this problem caused by incorrect or even no HDD controller driver loaded? I did
not see appropriate entry for libata in .cong le. Do you guys have any suggestion
on make it through?
Thanks.
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-Lin
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18 Logic July 8, 2008 at 12:22 am
About the 4th step, as the make help says: you do not need to do make modules
again, so when using make it already compiles the modules.
:D
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19 Ramkey October 9, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Lin,
Did your problem sorted out?Thans
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20 Rohit Awasthi October 10, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Hi.. wt if somethin goes wrong is there any way to get OS to its former stage, say
( backup or uninstall Kernel or something ).. or will need to install whole OS
again
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21 Ravi October 31, 2008 at 5:42 am
I followed the above steps in order to compile Linux kernel linux-2.6.27 but when
tried to boot my system from latest compiled kernel got the Kernel Panic error
which says cant nd
le system /boot/root at the start.
please suggest
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22 Jared November 2, 2008 at 9:12 pm
This is a nice tutorial, but I have a note to make. On my installation, Ubuntu 8.04.1
64-bit, the command in Step # 6 is mkinitramfs instead of mkinitrd.
Cant wait to try out my new kernel
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23 Abdul April 12, 2011 at 10:51 am
That helped me Thanks!!!!!!!
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24 same November 2, 2008 at 10:45 pm
the same thing happened to me as ravi.
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25 Roman December 7, 2008 at 9:20 am
I have compiled custom kernel and I am missing in /boot directory cong-2.6 le.
What have I done wrong? I see cong les from old kernel there. thanks in
advance.
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26 saga December 14, 2008 at 3:43 pm
you have compiled a upstream kernel.How should i compile distribution specic
kernels,like if i install fedora it has its kernel source in /usr/src/, fedora community
might have added its own patches.Will the steps described in this article work for
distribution specic kernels?
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27 anand December 21, 2008 at 4:06 am
Except for step where you create the initrd img le, rest of the steps explained
here worked ne. The Kernel version I tried was 2.6.27.10 and the linux box had
ubuntu 8.10 installed.
On ubuntu if you try to use mkinitrd you might get the message No command
found. Try using mkinitramfs instead. It worked perfectly ne.
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28 Maker December 22, 2008 at 5:51 pm
There is no such thing as bz3.
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29 Axon December 28, 2008 at 7:57 am
Its cool.
Thanks alot NIXTCRAFT.
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30 Carnes December 29, 2008 at 9:53 am
I tried to cheat and copied over an older .cong.. broke something and had to redo
all the options by hand : /
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Anyways, the instructions worked great with Gentoo. I had to emerge mkinitrd
but otherwise everything went very quickly, maybe 20 min to compile everything
(very short in Gentoo world).
I suggest everyone keep their old kernel and a lilo/grub option for it just incase :)
Most of the problems in the comments seem to be from misconguring the kernel.
If you arent sure what your hardware is or dont have the time to run through
every option. I suggest you pop in a live cd and copy /proc/cong.gz to use as
your base cong (gzip -d cong.gz will uncompress it).
If your system is already unusable, pop in a live cd and try the following as root:
cd /
mkdir /mnt/xme
mount /dev/ROOTDRIVE /mnt/xme
mount /dev/BOOTDRIVE /mnt/xme/boot
mount -t proc proc /mnt/xme/proc
chroot /mnt/xme /bin/bash
That should put you back into your computer to compile/x whatever.
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31 benny lootens January 4, 2009 at 2:40 am
ive just build the 2.6.28 kernel on ubuntu 8.04 LTS and its working like a charm.
It was required, as I had some troubles installing my 500 GB Samsung drive that
was attached to a Trust eSATA IF-3300 card. Thanks for this great tutorial !!
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32 Otto January 6, 2009 at 6:41 pm
You dont need make modules anymore. I compiled a few times the last days and
just make && make modules_install will do.
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33 Akash January 7, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Following error occured during make command of compilation step for linux 2.6.23
make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
Plz provide me solution for it.
Thanks
Akash
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34 Akash January 7, 2009 at 1:06 pm
make command error:
make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
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Kindly suggest solution

regards
Akash
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35 Pekka January 14, 2009 at 11:47 am
Hi
On Debian the kernel compile is much more straightforward than this describes.
First you of course need to take the kernel source. Then:
1. make menucong (or whatever you want)
2. make-kpkg revision kernel_image
3. Install the resulting .deb package using dpkg.
The debian package management system then knows about your custom kernel and
it handles all needed actions to get the kernel properly working. For example initrd
is done automagically if needed.
I compile the root le system and the way to access it directly into kernel and
customize the kernel sharply to the computer. That way you wont need initrd
anymore :) and the machine boots quite fast, because the chipset drivers are active
from wery beginning of booting.
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36 komal February 7, 2009 at 4:05 pm
I compiled the whole thing and then booted ..I see the updated version of fedora
but when I try to run it ..it says kernal panic and doesnt proceed any further
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37 Anonymous February 17, 2009 at 9:04 am
If you have multiple CPU-kernels, youd consider using the -j option for make, for
example make -j5 , which will use 5 instance of make to built the process. This will
speed up things, nice tip I got on IRC :)
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38 kontinumas February 18, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Hello!
got some problems while compiling new kernel using make. Error below:
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
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{standard input}:745: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'

make[1]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/process.o] Error 1
make: *** [arch/i386/kernel] Error 2
gcc version 4.1.2

debian etch
got some ideas? thanx
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39 trevor February 19, 2009 at 9:10 am
a very good clarication about kernels,im impressed!
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40 ondrg March 18, 2009 at 10:04 am
Thanks, it works perfectly.
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41 nugga April 4, 2009 at 9:31 pm
hello when i try to boot my kernel it says error le not found.
i use the following command
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.25 Default
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.25
savedefault
boot
im pretty noob i dont know what im doing wrong.
plzz contact me or post here.
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42 nugga April 5, 2009 at 10:16 am
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my mail is toldamtorp@gmail.com
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43 Hussain Jaar May 5, 2009 at 3:16 am
37 ondrg, Which gcc version you used ?
Can any body tell that How to remove a previously compiled and installed kernel.
So as to make space for compiling and installing a new kernel ?
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44 Acevedo May 7, 2009 at 6:17 pm
NIce step-by-step process, BUT Following error occured during make command of
conguration step for linux 2.6.29.2
make[1]: *** [script/kcong/dochecklxdialog] Error 1
make: *** [menucong] Error 2
Plz provide me solution for it.
Thanks
J.Acevedo
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45 Anitha May 12, 2009 at 10:22 am
Hi Kindly help me please i m in serious trouble
I m trying to install RTLinux on Linux 2.6.xx
The installation guide specied to patch the linux 2.6.xx, congure and then
compile. But
i m able to proceed til the conguration of the kernel
When i give the make command, i m coming up with errors
Also i tried to install linux 2.6.xx without patching it with RTLinux,again i m struck
up while compiling
Kindly help pleaseWil be grateful to you
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46 chindam May 29, 2009 at 5:45 am
Its good, but i need your help to compile;boot from a ash drive and congure
options such that the size of the kernel is max 5Mb(minimum application like
terminal,usb)
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47 mavgh1 July 7, 2009 at 12:09 am
Great Tutorial .I have E8200 , Gigabyte EP43-DS3L kernel 2.6.18 that does not
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recognize coretemp,I compiled 2.6.30.1 kernel and its working.Thanks

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48 Max Baird July 13, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Hey this was great, worked for me I had some small issues where I was missing
some les like ncurses etc, but after getting them it all owed smoothly thanks
alot again :)
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49 Kousik July 20, 2009 at 8:33 am
This is nice documentation. But I think some modication is required.
Step # 6: Create an initrd image
Type the following command at a shell prompt:
# cd /boot
# mkinitrd -o initrd.img-2.6.25 2.6.25
Instead of mkinitrd I use mkinitramfs in ubuntu 9.04
Step # 7 Modify Grub conguration le /boot/grub/menu.lst
# update-grub
update-grub is not required in ubuntu 9.04
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50 Lady September 10, 2009 at 9:47 am
Can any body describe to me next: about the process0, process0 which happened in
Linux kernel 2.6,
1. describe how to greate it
2. describe what they do
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51 Sivakumar September 23, 2009 at 1:08 am
Hi
I am using ubuntu distribution, I like to update my kernel , my present version
kernel is 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686
GNU/Linux.
i downloaded latest kernel source from kernel.org linux-2.6.31.tar.bz2 i followed
the following steps to congure my kernel
1. i extracted the kernel source le in usr/src
2. I updated my gcc complier
root@sivakumar-desktop:/usr/src# apt-get install gcc
Reading package lists Done
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Building dependency tree

Reading state information Done
gcc is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 228 not upgraded.
3. Then i tried to run make menucong, i got the following error
root@sivakumar-desktop:/usr/src# make menucong
make: *** No rule to make target `menucong. Stop.
4. then i tried
root@sivakumar-desktop:/usr/src/linux-2.6.31# make menucong
*** Unable to nd the ncurses libraries or the
*** required header les.
*** make menucong requires the ncurses libraries.
***
*** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again.
***
make[1]: *** [scripts/kcong/dochecklxdialog] Error 1
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52 Aks March 26, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Hi there,
To resolve this issue you have to rst complete all update of you system then
try this
$ sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
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53 saki September 28, 2009 at 7:09 am
i am also getting the same problem .plz suggest
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54 Mukesh October 11, 2009 at 1:26 am
after extracting there is some error when i congure the kernel
that error is make: *** No rule to make target menucong, Stop.
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55 Mukesh October 11, 2009 at 1:29 am
Hello,
Can Any One Solve My Problem That Is
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after extracting there is some error when i congure the kernel

that error is make: *** No rule to make target menucong, Stop.
plz tell me the fast it is urgent friends.
plz
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56 Redd October 13, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Mukesh seems like you need to cd into the extarcted directory to run the make.
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57 Redd October 13, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Has anyone made a suggestion as to how to x the kernel panic issue that was
pointed to several time here? I have the same issue. After installing the new kernel
and trying to boot into it, I see the kernel panic since it doesnt see any of my
drives ( /, /usr, etc). Anyideas where I went amiss?
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58 Raj October 30, 2009 at 4:10 am
Hi!!
i am using Redhat 4 kernel 2.6.9 and now i build kernel 2.7.13. it was sucessfully
and after reboot i can see my new kernel in the grub.. but when i select .and
proceed . i am getting the following error:
Enforcing mode requested but no policy loaded. Halting now.
Kernel panic not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
please tell me wht might the problem and suggest me how to load the kenel
2.7.13..
Thanx in advance.
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59 GARG November 6, 2009 at 1:10 pm
problem occur on booting
mount: unknown le system type devfs
Kernel panic not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
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60 ben November 11, 2009 at 4:17 am
In the process make install .there are two les created in the direction /boot
Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.4-smp
Initrd image: /boot/initrd-2.6.31.4-smp
However,One le cong is missed.
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I update the menu.list

Then ,reboot.
On the way booting,there is no error.
but when I inter the X-window ,my keyboard and mouse doesnt work.
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61 mahdi November 24, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Hi everybody,
I have followed all the steps above and succeeded in every step. But when I choose
in the grub to run the 2.6.31.6 kernel I have the following message:
Unable to nd a suitable fs in /proc/mounts, is it mounted ?
Use subdomainfs to override.
I have installed the linux kernel from Ubuntu 9.10. I am not sure, but I think
because I have installed ubuntu with ext4 le system, the kernel could not
recognize it. The kernel is residing in /usr/src which is in the same partition as
ubuntu.
Have anyone an idea out there ?
Thx,
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62 bonz December 3, 2009 at 10:49 pm
if you want people to do your survey you should make it accessable for us lynx
users
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63 Noober December 6, 2009 at 6:12 am
I need help.I follow stepbystep all is done.And but at the reboot say error 16:
inconsistent lesystem structure what wrong whit it? My kernel is 2.6.24-16 want
to upgrade kernel 2.6.31.6 plz help me thx
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64 Azade December 24, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Does it work for SUSE?
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65 vaidya1 January 13, 2010 at 8:22 pm
hey guys.can anyone help me.in my /boot i am not getting cong le for
newly compiled and installed kernel and also after successful installation of
kernel.2.6.32 , i am not able to boot from this kernel as it says le system not
detected , /dev/hda not detected..and kernel panic.
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66 princelibya14 April 14, 2010 at 12:31 pm
hi, bro , just try theses commend , cause i got the same problem when i used
them every thing is going ok, i wish them helping u, (1. make mrproper
2.cp /boot/cong-ùname -r` ./.cong ,Then we run 3.make menucong) so
these two commends use them before make menucong, and also do not use
make only, just use (make all) . then continue as usual commend in this article,
i wish them useful,
my regards,
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67 BongoBongo January 16, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Nice.
Came in handy as I needed to recompile kernel in order to remove KVM
virtualization support. VirtualBox wont run with KVM modules loaded.
Why am I telling you this?
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68 DaVince January 28, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Some of the instructions are kind of outdated on modern systems, could you
perhaps update the article?
- Some systems now use GRUB 2, which doesnt have a menu.lst.
- Modern systems tend to use mkinitramfs or yaird, not mkinitrd.
Thanks a lot for the article, though. O to test out my new kernel.
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69 ahmeds February 1, 2010 at 2:32 pm
This article actually very usefull. It helped me to kompile linux kernel after my
resultles
attemtions for a long period. The only issue I had was creating initrd image.
My Ubuntu 8.10 interpid (also 8.4 hardy) do not have mkinitrd command so instead
I used next steps to compile linux kernel(2.6.27.7).Here they are.
1. rst copy your /boot folder to somewhere , home folder
2. go to top of your linux source tree and run(root prev required)
#make-kpkg clean && make-kpkg initrd revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image
and after its nished with no errors run
#dpkg -i .deb
the latest command will update your /boot also /boot/grub/menu.lst le , but this is
not what
do we want , and after reboot you may nd your pc not booting at all.
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what do we need is new kernel and new initrd image .

our new kernel is vmlinuz-2.6.27.7 and image is initrd.img-2.6.27.7
so we have to copy these les to some temp folder , then restore our old /boot
folder
from backup and copy back again our fresh kernel and image from temp folder to
/boot.
to nish we need edit /boot/grub/menu.lst le.
here we can simply copy our generic boot items and make no change except names
of kernel and image to new ones. reboot and enjoy.
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70 vig February 1, 2010 at 11:20 pm
it really worked .. clean .. thanks .. a lot
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71 Danny February 3, 2010 at 11:54 am
> Step # 2 Extract tar (.tar.bz3) le
I lold.
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72 Anon13 March 9, 2010 at 4:06 am
Thanks! i was looking forward to use some source code for making a fake
compiling terminal session, so i could slack on the job eventually (slow days make
you wanna do something else, but boss doesnt understand the meaning of I do my
job so good nobody gets errors, therefore nobody needs IT support) with the
excuse that my code is compiling (thanks xkcd.com for the idea). All i do is run
make on the source directory, and once im done with slackin i just run make
clean to revert any changes :b
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73 Tom March 14, 2010 at 5:13 am
This is after Ive done step#2 and installed gcc.
When I use this command make xcong Im getting this error No rule to make
target.
Any ideas on how to x this?
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74 tata1 March 16, 2010 at 2:56 am
you have to be inside linux folder,
go to yor home directory with cd und then type
pla@pla# cd /usr/src/linux
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then type
pla@pla # make menucong or make xcong
make sure that ncurses package is installed
all the best
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75 princelibya14 April 18, 2010 at 10:32 pm
hi, i have done all these steps, but i got error when i enter to my new kernel there
is network to connection to internet , so can any one help me to solve this problem,
cause i am not expert in fedora 10( i mean in Linux )
my regards
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76 ahmeds April 22, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Could you please explain in more detail your error about connection?
Can you run programs with new kernel?
And did you use cong le from previous kernel or new one?
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77 princelibya14 May 4, 2010 at 11:35 am
hi, bro , i am sorry, i took long time to answer on your query, so my
problem is (i can not access on internet) by using wire or less card, when
i run commend (iwcong i got message no wireless extension for eth1 )so
sholud i got these from last kernel on my new kernel when i congure it,
and also when i search i got article i have to install package for wireless
chip . my chip num is b4312, i am already installed , but there is not thing
, i wish to help me, cause i waste my time on in these for month , i
attempt to solve it, but nothing.plz help me as soon as u can , cause i am
in rush.
my regards bro.
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78 Malay Gopani May 4, 2010 at 10:09 am
Hi,
i want to add the support of portuguese font in linux. i dont know how to add this if
anyone knows then please tell me.
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79 princelibya14 May 4, 2010 at 11:41 am
hi, bro, how r u? i wish to help u, u can enter on 1.system then
2.administration 3. choose language from the menu. 5 enter ur password, at
last choose Portuguese language ,
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i hope this info it is useful to u,

my regards.
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80 Malay Gopani May 5, 2010 at 6:02 am
Hi,
Thanks,
But i want something dierent. I have ported linux on the device. I have
done make menucong to make on the portuguese character set ,but it
shows this error.
HOSTLD -static scripts/kcong/mconf
/usr/bin/ld: cannot nd -lncursesw
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [scripts/kcong/mconf] Error 1
i have this ncursesw library installes also.
would you help me again?
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81 anon May 9, 2010 at 12:30 pm
apt-get install libncurses5-dev
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82 kishore May 10, 2010 at 5:12 am
Hi everybody,
I have followed all the steps above and succeeded in every step. But when I
choose in the grub to run the 2.6.31.6 kernel I have the following message:
Unable to nd a suitable fs in /proc/mounts, is it mounted ?
Use subdomainfs to override.
I have installed the linux kernel from Ubuntu 9.10. I am not sure, but I think
because I have installed ubuntu with ext4 le system, the kernel could not
recognize it. The kernel is residing in /usr/src which is in the same partition as
ubuntu.
Have anyone an idea out there ?
Thx,
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83 Alex May 17, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Did you maybe load ext4 as a module and not compile it directly into the
kernel
Also if nothing else works I think you could bootstrap it with an initrd to
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make it boot in ext4

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84 pankyubootha May 23, 2010 at 11:14 am
hi kishore, i think enabling SYSFS_DEPRECATED in the cong le i.e.
.cong and recompiling the kernel should resolve the issue. but this
may lead to udev being adversely aected. also remember to enable
LBDAF in the kernel proling segment of the .cong le. good luck.
PankyuBootha.
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85 Jagan May 17, 2010 at 9:46 am
Hi All
Is there any changes needed during kernel conguration for USB boot support.
what are the steps required for USB boot, starting from the compilation.
any help would appreciated!!!!!
Regards
Jagan
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86 ahmeds May 25, 2010 at 3:24 am
Hi Jaqan. I guess for USB boot support no kernel conf needed. Because
your kernel and initrd.img is loaded by grub from hd, USB or net.
Just copy your boot folder from HD to USB and istall grub on USB.
Restart and see what happens. Good lucks.
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87 Federico June 1, 2010 at 12:58 pm
I guys i have a problem when I try to generate the init image.. Using Debian 5.0 it
says mkinitrd command not found.. Anyone can help me? D:
Thanks
ps: sorry for the english im italian
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88 anonymous June 4, 2010 at 10:44 am
use mkinitramfs
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89 ahmeds June 7, 2010 at 3:45 am
Hi Federico. I also used debian and it actually a headache to nd proper
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initrd.img for
new kernel, as mkinitrd doesnt work on new distrs and a lot of other stu.
I put here the answer that found
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/compiling-linux-kernel-26.html/commentpage-7#comments
lucks.
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90 Je June 9, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Howdy yall. I just wanted to ask about this process. We own a lot of RHEL/CentOS
systems round here and Im curious how the kernels built with this process will
dier from the kernels shipped from the standard repositories. Ive looked
countless places for a guide to recompiling a kernel specically with the source
from those OSes, but something has always failed, or not been in the right location,
etc. Im currently building a kernel using the described process and it actually
seems to be working, but Im just wondering what functionality loss there will be.
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91 Je June 10, 2010 at 12:29 am
Hi everyone. I just wanted to ask about this process. We own a lot of RHEL/CentOS
systems round here and Im curious how the kernels built with this process will
dier from the kernels shipped from the standard repositories. Ive looked
countless places for a guide to recompiling a kernel specically with the source
from those OSes, but something has always failed, or not been in the right location,
etc. Im currently building a kernel using the described process and it actually
seems to be working, but Im just wondering what functionality loss there will be.
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92 Je June 10, 2010 at 12:39 am
Weeell
New kernel compiled, but either doesnt have SATA or LVM support, as its
failing to mount root at boot and kernel panicing. At least I got the darn thing
compiled all I really wanted to accomplish at the moment
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93 Pankyu Bootha June 10, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Hi Je, As I had said earlier, for RHEL, CentOS and such cognate
systems, I have found that one has to enable SYSFS_DEPRECATED while
compiling the kernel versions > 2.6.33. As for enabling SATA support, in
the relevant section of the .cong le one has to enable scsi/ide support
while conguring the kernel. Pl rst copy .cong on desktop after
uncompressing the tarball in your home directory-
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$ bzip2 -dc linux-2.6.34.tar.bz2 | tar -xvf -. You can copy .cong le by$ mv /home/je/linux-2.6.34/.cong /home/je/Desktop/cong.text. Then
copy cong.text in your home folder/directory.
Now read the cong.text le carefully in gedit. you can search for
SYSFS_DEPRECATED by using the interactivesearch available in the top
window-bar of gedit. Also go through the scsi and ide drivers section.
To manually enable the required features doCONFIG SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
Remember to uncomment the relevant by removing the #.
Ater you have thus enabled the relevant features, replace cong.text to
linux-2.6.34 by$ mv /home/je/Desktop/cong.text /home/je/linux-2.6.34/.cong
Now cd to linux-2.6.34 and do make
.
Any further queries are welcome. Good Luck. Pankyu Bootha
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94 Rajgopal August 17, 2011 at 3:20 pm
@pankyu .. Hi.. how does one enable the LVM support ?
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95 Rocky July 26, 2010 at 7:01 am
Hi,
I followed this nice link for kernel compilation.Everything is done nicely.There is no
any error while doing compilation process.But after step 5( Step # 5 Install kernel
# make install ) , I am not getting cong le in /boot for new
kernel. I m getting systemmap,vmlinuz and initrd for new kernel.So as
per step 6 for mkinitrd, it shows already exists.
And when i rebooted machine with new kernel , getting kernel panic , /
dev/root leystem not found.
OS: CENTOS 5.5
KERNEL : 2.6.34.1
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96 ahmeds July 27, 2010 at 4:13 am
Good day Rocky. I dont know what the issue was that cong le missed for new
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kernel at /boot folder, but you can copy it manually from source directory of the
new kernel that you compiled. At step 3 you have to congure your new kernel
using make menucong, make oldcong , or another one of your choise. This step
will do nothing else but create
.cong le at the top of your source dir. As usual all les in unix that begin with dot
are hidden so .cong le too. Just copy it to your /boot folder using
# cp .copng /boot/cong-2.6.x.y
Regarding kernel panic you have to specify right root lesystem.
Either the problem is with your initrd le and sometimes it is becoming real
headache
to get proper initrd for new kernel that doesnt panic.
What I do really advice just try if it will work do make oldcong. This will cong
your
kernel using conguration of currently running one. And dont use make initrd but
rename
and use initrd le le of your currnetly running kernel for new one.
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97 Rocky July 28, 2010 at 10:21 am
Hi Ahmeds,
I followed your reply.But getting same.
Rocky
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98 ahmeds July 29, 2010 at 4:19 am
Hi Rocky. It is ok if your kernel again did panic. If you want to compile kernel
just for update your current system then I cant help you. But if you want to
compile kernel so that you could start to kernel programming then just say hello
to bulk of the problems waiting you ahead. I spent 4 month for compiling my kernel
that didnt panic. It was 2.6.27.7 . I also learned how to congure kernel to
compile all necessary drivers built in so that kernel loaded without headache initrd.
But with 2.6.34.xx things are a little bit dierent. I didnt come yet to this level but
what I may advice you is next:
1. download kernel source code of the exact version that is currently running, so
that make oldcong doesnt complain to anything and if it does say yes.
2. try again more and more.
3. specify RIGHT ROOT lesystem. i.e. root=/dev/sda5 or root=/dev/hda2
The list of lesystems and your root lesystem you can nd by df command
for example my root le system(/) mounted on /dev/sda7
john@lnx:~$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda7 18482044 15095664 2447528 87% /
none 504828 304 504524 1% /dev
none 509044 212 508832 1% /dev/shm
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4. If these wouldnt help try compiling necessary drivers built in. To do this do next:
1. GET list of all of your modules loaded using lsmod.
john@lnx:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 6587 1
rfcomm 33421 4
get module information for each module using modinfo.

john@lnx:~$ modinfo binfmt_misc | grep lename
lename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-21-generic/kernel/fs/binfmt_misc.ko
Go to your kernel source code open fs/Makele le. Find binfmt_misc.o string
(Note: .o not .ko).
obj-$(CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC) += binfmt_misc.o
Then open .cong le of your kernel (o course after make oldcong ) and nd
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC.
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
m means compile as module. If you want this driver to be compiled built in just
change m here to y and save your .cong le.
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
You dont have to compile all of your drivers as built in just those which is necessary
for mounting root le system, i.e. hard disk drivers, scsi if present, ext3 or 4 if they
are compiled as module. It is up to you. If df prints something like
/dev/sda4 for (root fs,/) this means you have scsi disk. /dev/hda says you have ide
disk.
Huh. It is not fun at the end. Good lucks.
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99 Marten July 31, 2010 at 10:41 am
Hello,
I have the exact same problem as Rocky: centos 5.5 with running kernel
2.6.18-194.3.1.el5 and I want to install 2.6.34.1. All teh steps went ne, no errors,
but I had to manually copy .cong into /boot/cong-2.6.34.1. After reboot, same
errors like Rocky and also Volume group Volgroup00 not found which is why / is
not mounted.
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
71G 21G 46G 32% /
/dev/sda1 99M 35M 59M 37% /boot
tmpfs 950M 0 950M 0% /dev/shm
# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this le
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
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# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.

# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=2
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title CentOS (2.6.34.1)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.34.1 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.34.1.img
title CentOS (2.6.18-194.8.1.el5)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.img
title CentOS (2.6.18-194.3.1.el5)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5.img
Any help?:)
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100 Rocky August 1, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Hi,
You can resolve this error.Follow this steps.
After menucong.open .cong le and add
CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2=y and then compile the kernel.Your issue
wiil be resolved.If you have any query, let me know.
Rocky
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101 Marten August 2, 2010 at 8:19 am
Hi Rocky,
Thanks for the help, it worked. I still get this strange error mesage:
insmod: error inserting /lib/dm-region-hash.ko: -1 File exists
but the system boots up ok, so I guess I can ignore it.
Kernel 2.6.34.1 running :D :
uname -rs
Linux 2.6.34.1
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102 ragul August 16, 2010 at 2:32 pm

how to recompile linux kernal?
i am working on module programming . . so i ve to disable the versoning . . can any
1 help me
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103 ahmeds August 19, 2010 at 3:53 am
Hi ragul.
Pls write the command you use for compiling your module.
and also uname -r.
bye.
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104 uui August 21, 2010 at 11:09 am
For step 2, I dont think youre suppose to do it in /usr/src when youre installing.
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105 deepak goel October 20, 2010 at 6:12 am
hiii
i am using kernel 2.6.33 but i want to compile 2.6.23
i get a error getline function conict when i change the name of it ill get errors in
make install command
ERROR: modinfo: could not nd module garp
ERROR: modinfo: could not nd module stp
plz suggest how ill proceed
thnx in advance
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106 goo November 21, 2010 at 6:44 am
i am using kernel linux-2.6.36-21 and i want to update it to 2.6.36
everything is ok during compiling and installing
but after reboot my system it tell me could not load /lib/modules2.6.36
/modules.dep: no such le or directory.
any one have met this problem?
please help me, thanx
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107 subhash November 26, 2010 at 4:53 pm
i m using ubuntu 10.10..completed upto step5
In mkinitrd -o initrd.img-2.6.25 2.6.25 its giving command not found.
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on trying to install initrd-tools getting the following error..Unable to locate

package initrd-tools.its very urgent.please can anyone tell what is getting
wrong
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108 ahmeds November 29, 2010 at 4:41 am
Good day subhash. I also had the issue with initrd.img compiling linux.
I put my solution in above comment ahmeds February 1, 2010.
The only mistake in this solution is #dpkg -i .deb.
prior issuing this command you have to cd ..
and then run dpkg with the deb le prodced by
#make-kpkg clean && make-kpkg initrd revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image
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109 Hammad December 6, 2010 at 3:43 am
Hi,
I followed these instructions and managed to compile the kernel on an ubuntu
virtual box. I had some issues with installing the ncurses library, and then with the
mkinitrd command, but managed to resolve both of them.
However, just the make step took nearly 6 hours to complete. I thought this was OK
until I read in several places that it usually takes around the order of 20 minutes or
so. What might I be doing wrong?
I am running ubuntu on a virtual machine, with 512 MB RAM and 10 GB HDD
space. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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110 anany December 24, 2010 at 10:33 am
Hi
thanks dude.. you did a rocking job..
I Remembered what youhv written somewhere.
Dont send a boy to do a Mens job..
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111 CFB January 20, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Listen people, do not use this post to build a 2.6 kernel in debian stable or testing.
The post is from 2005 and much has changed since then.
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I am writing up hos to do it and will follow up with a post.

This is where the internet fails, keeping old, useless information around for too
long.
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112 Mahesh February 18, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Guys,
I am newbie to linux kernel build, downloaded linux-2.6.36 from kernel.org and gcc
version is 4.4,
uname -a gives msgs
Linux A2MD15118 2.6.32-28-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 10 21:21:01 UTC
2011 i686 GNU/Linux
I am trying to build the kernel, but make command is gives me below error,
ubuntu/linux-2.6.36/arch/x86/Makele:81: stack protector enabled but no compiler
support
CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/generated/utsrelease.h
CC kernel/bounds.s
cc1: error: unrecognized command line option -mregparm=3
kernel/bounds.c:1: error: bad value (i586) for -march= switch
make[1]: *** [kernel/bounds.s] Error 1
make: *** [prepare0] Error 2
Please kindly help me to avoid this error
Thanks in advance..
Mahesh
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113 Mahesh February 18, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Thanks solved the problem by giving full details to make cmd
$make KERNELDIR=/home/ubuntu/linux-2.6.36 CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/
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114 R4to0.exe February 21, 2011 at 2:26 am
Step # 2 Extract tar (.tar.bz3) le
bz3
I lold
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115 Neal Anderson March 23, 2011 at 6:44 am
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I found something and thought to share it with you people.

I was compiling the kernel on fedora 13 when i issued make makecong command i
got some errors same as make*** . Thats ok , the solution is install ncurses-devel
ne enough??
ok now shoot yum clean alll.
thats it.
now again run make makecong ;) here you go :D
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116 deadman April 10, 2011 at 7:27 am
hey
im having problems while doing make for 2.6.38
its shows 44 sections mismatch(es)
i ignored it and installed the thing
but on loading its shows kernel panic
plz help
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117 Gareld April 14, 2011 at 11:35 am
Just want to share something that I found useful.
Autokernconf can probe your hardware for necessary drivers and creates a
cong le.
Depending on your distro, you might also have to add a few other kernel
options like CONFIG_TMPFS for /dev
Take a look at: http://cateee.net/autokernconf/
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118 Mike Shah April 14, 2011 at 9:50 pm
Hello,
Where can I get development tools (gcc compilers and related tools) (not source)
(binary form) (free)(download)? Can you send me URL or link?
I would like the build Linux Kernel but I need make, gcc, linker etc?
Thanks for your help!
Mike
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119 Tanish May 2, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Hi,
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I am trying to build the new kernel (2.6.38) and facing the similar issue as in the
comment # 97. I followed the instructions in comment #98 but not able to x the
problem. As I start the make, the .cong le is renamed to .cong.old and the
changes is lost. Can you help me xing the issue? I am using CentOS 5.5.
-regards,
Tanish S.
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120 vo tuan anh June 14, 2011 at 4:58 am
hi all,
I have a new PC. I want install kernel linux for it.
pls guide me create and install kernel linux [kernel.org - linux-3.0-rc3.tar.bz2]
Thank you
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121 vinodsreehari July 7, 2011 at 4:19 pm
Hi ,
Nicely explained. Worked for me like a charm. But I didnt have to apply teh last
two steps ,ie, creating initrd image and editing the boot loader. Those steps ahev
been automatically done . Btw, I performed it in SuSe 11.3. Will it be the same in
other distros also ?? Curios !!
NB: I upgraded 2.6.34 to 2.6.39
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122 Grzeziek July 18, 2011 at 10:56 am
Kernel panic not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs ..
Ive solved this problem by creating an initrd image with mkinitramfs function.
mkinitramfs -o initrd.img-2.6.39.3 2.6.39.3
Tried to use mkinitrd but there were no such command in Debian (even after
installing kernel-package)
now everything works ne, thx for tutorial.
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123 xyz July 27, 2011 at 7:27 pm
hello
i tried all the steps mentioned above.
but while using make command following error is occuring.
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make: *** No rule to make target `menucong. Stop.

also i have tried.
sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
but following error is occuring.
Reading package lists Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information Done
E: Couldnt nd package libncurses5-dev
plz..plz.. reply soon.
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124 vinodbhasi July 28, 2011 at 2:21 am
@XYZ
I guess you are trying to make outside the linux directory. change directory to
linux (cd /usr/src/linux )
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125 Mayank August 25, 2011 at 6:22 am
hi
I am using RHEL6 kernel version 2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64
and recompile on kernel version 3.0.3
upto this make install step everything going smoothly
after doing this i am not getting that three les
* System.map-3.0.3
* cong-3.0.3
* vmlinuz-3.0.3
so i am not be able to make initramfs.img le with this version
so now what i can do
is there any compitablity problem
plz help me out
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126 PC September 1, 2011 at 7:58 pm
Make sure you are root when you do the install. Or it will fail.
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127 Tom September 9, 2011 at 4:36 pm
Thanks. Theres a mistake in the Step # 2 title. It should be .bz2 not .bz3.
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128 Vasavi September 18, 2011 at 8:54 am
Hi,
Open le using vi:
# vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.25 Default
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.25
savedefault
boot
I tried to open the menu.lst le but it is being opened in vi as a new le. So, I just
updated grub and rebooted but in the boot loader list I dont have the kernel I
installed to select it. Please help.
Thanks in advance.
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129 Gayathri November 14, 2011 at 8:14 pm
I am facing the same problem. Any solutions ?
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130 xeno December 5, 2012 at 6:58 am
Im using Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS. There is not menu.lst in it either. I ignored the
menu.lst and just ran update-grub and restarted the system, it worked ne for
me. Try uname -a to see if you already have the kernel.
I update from 3.2.x to 3.7.0
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131 mubarik October 8, 2011 at 9:54 pm
there is an error in sudo make. i am using 64 bit ubuntu 11.4.
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S: Assembler messages:
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:1558: Error: .size expression for
do_hypervisor_callback does not evaluate to a constant
make[2]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [arch/x86/kernel] Error 2
make: *** [arch/x86] Error 2
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132 Kevin Kirkwood January 4, 2012 at 7:45 pm
I am having the identical problem.
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have you found a solution to the problem yet?

This is something I need resolved ASAP.
If so I would really appreciate the x.
Thanks
Thanx
Kevin
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133 lambda October 16, 2011 at 7:24 pm
can anyone tell me how to load an kernel image without modules and gui.
i just want to load a kernel image without any conguration.
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134 bhavin December 3, 2011 at 2:30 am
hey,
I used this method to compile kernel 3.1.2 on my PC.
but Im stuck with samples/hidraw/hid-example.c
Its is like this
samples/hidraw/hid-example.c:49: warning: unused variable info

samples/hidraw/hid-example.c:48: warning: unused variable rpt_desc
samples/hidraw/hid-example.c: In function bus_str:
samples/hidraw/hid-example.c:171: error: BUS_VIRTUAL undeclared (rst use in
this function)
make[2]: *** [samples/hidraw/hid-example] Error 1
make[1]: *** [samples/hidraw] Error 2
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 2
So can anyone tell me what I should do. All other steps are going ne.
Thanks
Bhavin
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135 Anisha Kaul January 20, 2012 at 5:36 am
Do,
# cd /boot/grub
# ls
Do you nd menu.lst there? If yes, the do
# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
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This will show you what all is already present there.

You can open it through a text editor, and add the new and the old kernels, as
shown here.
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136 Amit Shaw January 20, 2012 at 8:02 am
NICE TO SEE THE DEFINE ITS AWESOME. Thanks.
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137 Sakib January 20, 2012 at 4:18 pm
Conrmed Working on rhel-5.6 32bit. No need to use mkinitrd -o initrd.img2.6.25 2.6.25 command.
Today I have install 2.6.30.5 kernel.
Thanks
Sakib
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138 mouli February 7, 2012 at 3:48 am
I followed the tutorial till step 7. On step 7 Modify Grub conguration le
/boot/grub/menu.lst, I am not able to nd menu.lst.
I am using ubuntu 10.04, how do I go from here to edit menu.lst?
Thanks,
Mouli
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139 mouli February 7, 2012 at 4:03 am
Ok, this command worked perfectly ne: update-grub
I see the new kernel after reboot :)
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140 vinod bhasi May 4, 2012 at 9:05 am
Yes, even I did successfully in Debian . update-grub did the job.
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141 tm February 27, 2012 at 11:55 am
when i type sudo make :
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tm@ubuntu:/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.12$ sudo make

CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh
CHK include/linux/compile.h
VDSO arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-int80.so.dbg
gcc: error: elf_i386: No such le or directory
make[1]: *** [arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-int80.so.dbg] Error 1
make: *** [arch/x86/vdso] Error 2
can you guys help me about this error !!!
btw i dont know what shall i do when u type make menucong :( and i have already
3.0.0-16-generic
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142 thiyagi March 8, 2012 at 6:13 pm
thanks for info, very useful..
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143 bluesean May 13, 2012 at 8:45 pm
#.after
$sudo make modules_install install
#initramfs for ubuntu eg:$sudo update-initramfs -u -k 3.3.6
$sudo update-grub
PS: 3.3.6 is my kernel version &
fyi
$ ls -rt /boot/ | tail -n 5
vmlinuz-3.3.6
System.map-3.3.6
cong-3.3.6
initrd.img-3.3.6
grub
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144 ramana July 4, 2012 at 6:04 pm
hi all,
i have a facing some issue like:
iam currently using ubuntu 11.04 linux 2.6.35 verison.
now i want to add the linux 2.6.27 sources, the compilation and installation is
success but after reboot it was going to initird$ promt, but i want GUI to login .can
any one please tell me the proceser for how to bring up the board to GUI..
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145 Handra July 20, 2012 at 1:31 am

Hi, thanks mate.. I follow your tutorial. It works like a charm. Kernel version
3.4.5 is now Running on my Ubuntu 12.04. Great.. Keep up the good work.
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146 paul July 30, 2012 at 9:17 pm
hi i can run make menucong but when i run make afterwards i get the following
error
root@paul-MS-N014:/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-26-generic-pae# make
make[1]: *** No rule to make target àrch/x86/tools/relocs.c, needed by àrch/x86
/tools/relocs. Stop.
make: *** [archscripts] Error 2
i am running ubuntu 12.04ls
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147 Handra August 4, 2012 at 10:28 am
Hi Paul,
Are you sure you are compiling using the full source code? I see from the
directory name, it is just the header les. Make sure that you download the
full source code rst before compilation.
Cheers
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148 ketan August 7, 2012 at 3:20 pm
how to print any simple message on login screen on Linux.
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149 Shubham Saraswat August 17, 2012 at 12:07 pm
wow i didnt knew compiling linux kernel 2.6 was so easyvivek man you have
explained it well in just 8 steps..
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150 Pankaj August 27, 2012 at 8:48 am
When i am giving the command make menucong
i am getting an error below
No rule to make target `menucong. Stop.
please anybody can help
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151 Akash September 3, 2012 at 1:57 pm
type cd /usr/src/linux-3.6-rc4 and then use make command.
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152 Srini November 6, 2012 at 2:03 pm
It is not working for me giving errors while compiling kernel.
follow these steps.
make menucong
make clean
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
make install
these steps worked for me
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153 aditya January 8, 2014 at 9:36 am
[aditya@localhost linux-3.12.6]$ make menucong
Makele:323: /home/aditya/linux-3.12.6/scripts/Kbuild.include: No such le or
directory
make: *** empty variable name. Stop.
make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2
please help
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154 M Khan February 4, 2014 at 5:09 am
I downloaded this from this site. Now I simply want to unzip it. I am practicing how
to build a Kernel. can someone tell me how I can unzip it and should it go to /src.
stable: 3.13.1 2014-01-29 [tar.xz] [pgp] [patch] [view patch] [cgit] [changelog]
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How to: Compile Linux kernel 2.

How to: Compile Linux kernel 2.6

Step # 1 Get Latest Linux kernel code

Note: Replace x.y.z with actual version number.

Step # 2 Extract tar (.tar.bz3) le

Step # 3 Congure kernel

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Step # 4 Compile kernel

Start compiling to kernel modules:

Install kernel modules (become a root user, use su command):

Step # 5 Install kernel

Step # 6: Create an initrd image

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Step # 7 Modify Grub conguration le - /boot/grub

Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.25 Default

Step # 8 : Reboot computer and boot into your new

For more information see:

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any guess about boot loader?

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there is no option of make.

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Kindly suggest solution

{standard input}: Assembler messages:

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{standard input}:745: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'

gcc version 4.1.2

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recognize coretemp,I compiled 2.6.30.1 kernel and its working.Thanks

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Building dependency tree

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after extracting there is some error when i congure the kernel

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I update the menu.list

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what do we need is new kernel and new initrd image .

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i hope this info it is useful to u,

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make it boot in ext4

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