Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Kernel Installation Doc

[Alain <alain@rexorient.com>]

I tend to agree with this, as it would also eliminate a problem I ran into
(which I'm assuming will get fixed for the final 1.4 release):

The 1.4 RC2 CD boots with a 2.4.20 kernel, which happens to recognize and
support the nVidia ethernet port on my Asus A7N8X motherboard (later version
of the 2.4.20 kernel also recognize the 3COM ethernet port, but alas.. I need
only one port to get gentoo going).  After the gentoo install was completed
and I rebooted, I ended up with a 2.4.19 kernel, which doesn't support either
of the ethernet ports without being patched.

Once a new kernel is compiled, the install kernel could be added as a
"fail-safe" backup kernel to the boot menu.

Alain


On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:04:19AM -0500, Yannick Koehler wrote:
>
>I think it would be nice that I could take the kernel from the LiveCD and 
>installed it as is (including moduels) over my new installation PC instead of 
>building a new one.  For sure I would like to do that past the first reboot 
>but I often got problems where I forgot some required kernel option rebooting 
>into a "Missing console" kernel critical stop or into a "Missing DevFS" 
>state.
>
>Then I have to reboot from the CD, remount everything as it was, chroot and 
>recompile ...  It would be really great that the installation start by having 
>you install the LiveCD kernel with the module get this to be the default 
>kernel for your installation then once rebooted to that new kernel from the 
>hard disk you could then start installing/playing with a new version of the 
>kernel.
>
>At least at that point if the new kernel failed, a simple reboot with the 
>selection through grub/lilo to pick the previous working kernel would be 
>enough to get you back inside a working state to debug your kernel.
>
>That installation could also be simplified by creating an ebuild such as 
>livecd-kernel and having the admin type emerge livecd-kernel to do that step 
>for him.
>
>This would also make it easier for an installation software to get that step 
>automatically done.
>
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