Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4053 mails)

[Lourens Steenkamp <l_steenkamp@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 26 Aug 2001 20:05:06 +0000
Hello Tor from Lourens:

Thanks to you, Anders and Eric for the assistance - once I had, with your
assistance, the logic (procedure) sorted out, I could take a deep breath
and I found the problem, well sort of..

The IBM 40GB worked fine doing the optimisation on my mobo (Asus A7V133
with 1.2GHz T-Bird) and also in an AOpen AK73Pro with the same
CPU/RAM/AGP/nic/chassis/etc tht were used in the DFI installation.
A Seagate 10GB in the DFI AK75-EC caused the same problems as seen with
the IBM 40GB.

So, I guess that the DFI AK75-EC mobo is off my shopping list for Linux
installations ...
It worked fine until I tried optimising for Athlon ??

Hey, I think that I now have that procedure etched in my brain for life -
completed more than a few of those cycles in the last two days.

Bye.

  
"  Looks correct.
"  
"  make modules IS important :-) You are changing the architectural
"  definitions 
"  of your system...
"  
"  I normally use "make bzlilo" instead of bzImage and install...
"  
"  remember to check if the newly compiled kernel is in your
"  /etc/lilo.conf
"  
"  remember to check if you need to run mkinitrd ( do you need some
"  special 
"  modules on boot ? )
"  
"  remember to run lilo when everything looks right
"  
"  Otherwise - it should be a "flap your arms and fly" procedure :-)
"  
"  -tosi
"  
"  Þann sunnudagur 26 ágúst 2001 19:15 skrifaðir þú:
"  > Hello,
"  >
"  > Would you please check the following to see if this would be the
"  correct
"  > procedure to get a small server up and running with the kernel
"  optimised
"  > for an Athlon T-Bird??
"  > I ask because I am not having too much joy here - the initial
"  installation
"  > works fine, the optimisation does not.
"  > (As I was playing around with different permutations I did not record
"  the
"  > exact errors, related mostly to PAM ... mumble mumble)
"  >
"  > Procedure:
"  > New machine, DFI AK75-EC mobo, 256MB RAM, 1.2G T-Bird, IBM 40GB IDE,
"  blah
"  > blah.
"  > Install 7.2 Prof, 'Default System'
"  > YAST2 -> Software -> Install/Remove -> zall -> kernel-sources -> OK
"  > cd /usr/src/linux
"  > make cloneconfig {to create .config ??}
"  > make xconfig -> load .config file -> change ONLY the CPU settings to
"  > Athlon/Duron -> Save and exit
"  > make dep
"  > make bzImage
"  > make install
"  > make modules {is this necessary as no modules change ??}
"  > make modules_install
"  >
"  > TIA
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