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Bug 38767 - athlon-xp install & kernel compile fail
Summary: athlon-xp install & kernel compile fail
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High critical (vote)
Assignee: Daniel Robbins (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2004-01-19 18:11 UTC by Richard Shetron
Modified: 2005-03-25 11:24 UTC (History)
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Description Richard Shetron 2004-01-19 18:11:58 UTC
I've tried a line cd 1.4 as well as downloading a stage2 tarball to sue instead of the tarball on the live cd.  the downloaded kernel compile "genkernel all" errored during the module compile when I added theoption for more verbosity to 5, the process/terminal locked up.  I can boot up under the cd and start a sshd to allow a developer to ssl in as I do have a static IPs. I have a 128KSDSL line.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.follow the instructions to install gentoo on the livecd starting with stage1 form teh cd or download the stage2 tarball and use that once you are at the extraction phase.  I plan on downloading and trying the stage3 tarball tomorrow once I download it
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
either the kernel or modules will not compile or if they do, the system will
kernal panic on a reboot

Expected Results:  
clean compile and ability to reboot the system of the hard drive.

I can start an sshd  from teh live cd boot and make the sytem available for
remote access.  note I only have a 128K SDSL line so downloads are slow.  The
current system is at the genkernal all stage where the modules failed to compile.

I can often be found on dalnet, nick Multics or Multics-work
Comment 1 Brian Jackson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-01-19 18:21:05 UTC
You don't say what kernel you are trying to use. Also could you try running genkernel --menuconfig and disable any stuff you don't need. That will tell us if it some bad module.
Comment 2 Richard Shetron 2004-01-21 08:11:12 UTC
The kernel 9s 2.4.22-gentoo-r5
the state 2 tarball installed is stage2-athlon-xp-20030910.tar.bz2
genkernel version v3.0.1_beta6

a genkernal all ends with the line:

gendie(): compile of modules failed

I haven't tried the --menuconfig yet.  I tried a make menuconfig on a
previous attempt, installed using lilo, and followed the directions and
ended up with a kernal panic at or near the partition check.  /boot was
ext2, all the rest were reiser.  I redid the attempt and remade the
partitions as ext3.  (tared up the systm, mke2fs, untar) as I've never
used reiser before and thought that might be the problem.

===
I ran with --menuconfig, only change was to set the cpu type to athlon-xp

the modules phase complains about the following missing files/directories:
/lib/modules/2.4.22-gentoo-r5/...
        ds.o
        pcmcia
        Sym53c8xx.o
        Sym53c8xx_2

I continued and tried to install lilo.

I did emeerge -k lilo and got the following error:
boot.c: In function "boot_image"
boot.c:76: 'PAGE_SIZE' undeclared
Comment 3 Richard Shetron 2004-01-26 16:44:41 UTC
I have the system up on a custom kernel and grub from cd /usr/src/linux and make menuconfig method.  The genkernel gnerated kernel can't find the the root device

STEP 4:
root block dev unspecified or not detected.

I can provide an account/access to the system via ssh if this would help as the machine has a static IP, though no name service entries at this time.
Comment 4 John Mylchreest (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-04-09 04:25:40 UTC
if you still experience this with the newest release, please re-open the bug.
many thanks for taking your time to log this.
Comment 5 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-03-25 11:24:57 UTC
Moving these so we can remove the "Install CD" component from "Gentoo Linux".

I apologize to everyone for this spam, but according to the bugzilla developers,
this is the only reasonable way to do this.