Hello I am still failing to build my own version of suse kernel. Here is additional info. System Info SuSE 11 x86 kernel 2.6.27.19-5-pae 1. Fresh Install 2. cd /usr/src/linux 2.a make mrproper 3. cp /boot/config-2.6.27.19-5-pae .config 4. make menuconfig 4.a change extraversion to be -5-pae-JFD 4.b exit saving changes. 5. make; make modules; make modules_install, make install This builds a kernel, modules and initrd and copies them to /boot. It also makes changes to grub so that the new kernel is an option for booting. The initrd which is built has the modules: scsi__mod scsi_transport_spi mptbase mptschih mptspi hwmon thermal_sys processor thermal dock libata ata_piix ata_generic ide-core piix ide-pci-generic fan jbd mbcache ext3 edd crd-t10dif sd_mod usbcore ohci-hcd uhci-hcd ff-memless hid usbhid Features enabled: block usb resume.userpace resume.kernel The kernel and ramdisk are stored in /boot as: vmlinuz-2.6.27.19-5-pae-JFD initrd-2.6.27.19-5-pae-JFD 6. reboot The new kernel is installed but grub seems to boot the earlier kernel by default. Simply select the new kernel above using arrow keys. Result: Fails to mount root fs. /etc/modprobe.d/unsupported-modules WARNING: module '/lib/modules/2.6.27.19-5-page-JFD/kernel/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.ko' is unusable. Use --alow-unsupported or set allow_unsupported_modules to 1 in /etc/modprobe.d/unsupported-modules ... similar message with ext3 ... Waiting for device /dev/sda2 to appear:..... Could not find /dev/sda2 Want me to fall back to /dev/sda2 (Y/n) and it fails. It appears that either the ramdisk is messed up or the kernel is missing module version info. John trying to build a kernel with suse, i've used this technique on other distros and I don't know why it does work here. I am wondering if I have an incomplete setup or I am simply missing a step. 1. Fresh Install 2. cd /usr/src/linux 3. make oldconfig 4. make 5. make init 6. make modules 7. make modules_install 8. make install 9. reboot The result is that the system will boot, but the kernel can not read the filesystem. FWIW, once this works, I will do a few more things with the system where I build a out of tree driver. I figure if my driver is failing, I should probably try to build the kernel as-is under non-modified setup. Any response appreciated. -- John F. Davis 独树一帜 -- John F. Davis 独树一帜 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org