Kernel compilation

[Tapas Mishra]

I feel this question may get more attention at kernelnewbies mailing list.
http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
try posting there.I don't deny that there will be people here who
understand this but this is not a Ubuntu specific question I feel.So
you should try posting there.

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:42 AM, scott <redhowlingwolves at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> I have tried to compile a kernel with a grsec patch 5 times now using a
> couple of different methods and I keep getting a "No init found" and
> "Couldn't support optional features" errors every time at bootup.
> I'm trying to use a vanilla 2.6.32.27 kernel on 10.04 and it compiles fine,
> just will not boot.
>
> I've tried "CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=`getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN` fakeroot make-kpkg
> --initrd --append-to-version=-custom kernel_image kernel_headers",
> "CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=3 make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-586
> kernel_image kernel_headers modules_image".
>
> I have all the reqs for building kernels such as build-essentials, fakeroot,
> kernel-package, kernel-wedge, nurces-dev and qt for xconfig.
>
> These are the steps I've taken. DL the kernel image from kernels.org, get
> the patch from grsec.net, untar the kernel, cd into the directory created,
> do a 'cp /boot/config-`uname -r` .config', 'make oldconfig', apply the
> patch, then either 'make menuconfig' or 'make xconfig'. Then I do a
> 'make-kpkg clean' and run one of the commands in the first paragraph above.
>
> I get the debs built and can install them just fine, but I keep getting the
> same errors. I've cut out as many "Experimental" options I thought might
> cause a problem and still get a kernel panic at boot.
>
> Anyone have a clue what I'm doing wrong?
> Scott
>
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