I have an Alphaserver 800 8/533 running 4.0f. This machine oringally came
with a de500 interface, but has since been upgraded to de600. Now, if I
have to make some changes and need to boot the generic kernel I get a
problem when booting. It prompts me to go into failsafe mode and check my
network parameters. I am guessing that this is because the generic kernel
does not have 'config_driver ee' in the GENERIC file and hence not in the
generic kernel. Now, I did a doconfig -c GENERIC and compared the resulting
/sys/GENERIC/vmunix and /genvmunix and got:
##> ls -l /sys/GENERIC/vmunix
-rwxr-xr-x 3 root system 15795184 Dec 17 13:42 /sys/GENERIC/vmunix
##> ls -l /genvmunix
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root system 9936144 Feb 24 2000 /genvmunix
Obviously, there is a huge discrepency in the files. What I want to know
is, how do I make a genvmunix kernel that will have everything that it
should in the first place and additionally have the ee driver support? Can
I use this new kernel? It is 1.5 times the size, though that doesn't matter
for disk space reasons, could it cause problems down the road?
Any input appreciated.
Trevor Osatchuk
Process Solutions Canada Ltd.
Support and Integration Analyst
(780) 452-2227 Ext. 286
trevor.osatchuk_at_pscl.com
Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
- J. Robert Oppenheimer, speaking of Albert Einstein
Received on Mon Dec 17 2001 - 20:56:41 NZDT