Linux 2.6 on BLAG9000
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Build Kernel
make menuconfig make make modules make modules_install cp -p /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage/vmlinuz \ /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.4 cp -p System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.4 cd /boot ln -sf System.map-2.6.4 System.map vi /etc/grub.conf
Backup 2.4 module utilities
You'll need to have copies of your kernel 2.4 module utilities so you can convert your /etc/modules.conf file to an /etc/modprobe.conf file. You'll also need them if you boot a 2.4 kernel.
cp -p /sbin/modprobe /sbin/modprobe.old cp -p /sbin/depmod /sbin/depmod.old cp -p /sbin/insmod /sbin/insmod.old cp -p /sbin/rmmod /sbin/rmmod.old
Install RPMS
Kernel 2.6 requires some different scripts and binaries than kernel 2.4. There are RPMS available of these needed packages for BLAG9000 at:
ftp://ftp.blagblagblag.org/pub/BLAG/linux/9000/en/os/i386/BLAG/RPMS.TESTING/
The necessary RPMs match *k2.6*.rpm.
rpm -Uvh device-mapper-1.00.07-1blag.k2.6.i386.rpm \ modutils-2.4.25-10blag.k2.6.i386.rpm \ initscripts-7.28-1blag.k2.6.i386.rpm \ modutils-devel-2.4.25-10blag.k2.6.i386.rpm \ kernel-utils-2.4-9.1.102.1blag.k2.6.i386.rpm \ nfs-utils-1.0.5-1blag.k2.6.i386.rpm
Create /etc/modprobe.conf
/sbin/generate-modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf
Umm, reboot?
If rpm acts weird, do:
export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5
External Links
These have good deal of information on how to use the Linux 2.6 kernel on RedHat 9. With BLAG and the RPMS above, you can skip most of the steps in these documents.
