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I forgot one (vital) step!
After "make modules_install," one must:
make install
That last step is essential, else, the new kernel will not be installed!
Ramish
On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Ramish Patel wrote:
> Thank you very much for your assistance! You're right -- the method you
> describe (which I have/had been trying) is exactly that: "the way of
> pain." (The errors alone were both perplexing, and discouraging!) After a
> long search on the internet, I discovered that your first recommendation
> is the best -- I went to kernel.org and downloaded the kernel you had
> mentioned (2.4.18).
>
> For those who have difficulty understanding at times (the way I do), this
> (excerpt from these archives) tells each step:
>
> - download the kernel (2.4.18 for RH 7.2, replacing kernel 2.4.7-10) from
> kernel.org
> - download the ipvs patch (use the single patch:
> linux-2.4.18-ipvs-1.0.2.patch.gz)
> - download the hidden patch (hidden-2.4.5-1.diff.gz)
> - uncompress the kernel source in /usr/src
> - uncompress the hidden patch (gunzip -d hidden-2.4.5-1.diff.gz)
> - uncompress the ipvs single file (linux-2.4.18-ipvs-1.0.2.patch.gz)
> - copy the hidden patch to /usr/src/linux
> - execute: patch -p1 < hidden-2.4.5-1.diff (or cat hidden-2.4.5-1.diff |
> patch -p1)
> - copy the ipvs patch to /usr/src/linux
> - execute: patch -p1 < linux-2.4.18-ipvs-1.0.2.patch (or cat
> linux-2.4.18-ipvs-1.0.2.patch | patch -p1)
> - make menu config, and configure the kernel (the "LVS-Mini-How-To" specifies
> selections/de-selections for 'networking,' 'IP Virtual Server,' and
> 'netfilter' sections)
> - then: make dep
> make clean
> make bzImage
> make modules
> make modules_install
>
> Now, I must move on to the next step! Again, I thank you for your help!
>
> Ramish
>
>
> On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Horms wrote:
>
> > Firstly I would stronly recommend that you start with
> > a kernel from kernel.org (such as 2.4.18) rather than
> > using Red Hat's Kernel unless you know what you
> > are doing. ipvs-1.0.4 does not work out of the box with
> > the Kernel shipped with Red Hat 7.2 and vice versa.
> >
> > However if you want to do this here is a rough guide.
> >
> > 1. You need to apply the linux_kernel_ksyms.c.diff and
> > linux_net_netsyms.c.diff
> > 2. You need to remove the existing version of LVS which is
> > present in the 7.2 kernel. You can do this by examining
> > the patches that are provided with the kernel src.rpm
> > and the spec.file.
> > 3. Compile the kernel - a few minor things may fail.
> > Again this is the "way of pain".
> > 4. Build the kernel modules privieded in the ipvs/ subdirectory
> > of ipvs-1.0.4.tar.gz. You will need to make modifications
> > to the source to get this to work, but they should be minor.
> >
> >
>
>
>
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