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Re: [TCLUG:873] kernel compile problem



I know that ppp has to have extra stuff installed if it is installed as
a module (or not as a module, I can't remember). to make menuconfig and
click on help in the ppp option, it explains this. 

Make sure your modules are working. That's all I can think of about
vfat.

Good luck,

Ben

Tim Wilson wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I finally got around to compiling a custom kernel of my RH5.1 setup
> tonight (why can't I leave well enough alone?). Somehow my PPP and VFAT
> support got a bit screwed up. This wasn't my first kernel compile (though
> it was my first RH5.1 compile), so I know a little about what I'm doing.
> 
> Here's the sequence of events I followed:
> 
> in /usr/src/linux...
> # make mrproper
> # make xconfig
> # make dep
> # make clean
> # make zImage
> # make modules
> # make modules_install
> # cp arch/i386/boot/zImage /boot/vmlinuz
> # /sbin/lilo
> 
> and rebooted.
> 
> I *did* include PPP support and not as a module. I know that VFAT was
> compiled in too, athough I can't remember if it was a module or not.
> 
> The kernel boots fine, but reports in the boot messages that VFAT is not
> supported in the kernel. I try typing /usr/sbin/ppp-go to connect to the
> U. and it also causes a report that PPP is not supported by the kernel.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> -Tim
> 
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> University of MN, chem. dept.           a little seltzer down your
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The software I bought said it required Windows '95 or better, so I
installed it on Linux!