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I have tried to install the Linux kernel
2.4, but make zimage fails and gives the message: “make cannot find a rule
for zimage”.
Do you have any advice?
Briç Gibert
M Like just about everything else in Linux, the command make is case-sensitive. You need to use the rule make /İmage vvith a Capital T to build a compressed hırnel image. If the resulting kernel is too large for IILO to handle, you should try make bzlmage
instead. This vvill use the more efficient bzip2 method to compress the kernel rather than the usual gzip.
What?
I Every time I log in the follovving message appears in the xconsole: “linux kernel: cannot find map file”.
Then, straight after that, the follovving appears after it in the messages file:
“linux kernel: No modüle symbols loaded”
Is this a serious problem, or can I simply ignore it? Do you have any suggestions as to vvhat I can do to correct it?
Lindsay Francis
rl| The map file vvhich your system is | ij referring to is /System.map, or *** ı /boot/System.map, vvhich contains ali exported symbols for modules.
From the message that you’ve been getting, it does not appear as if your kernel has been compiled vvith support for modules included, so it vvon’t export any, as nothing vvill be able to use them anyvvay. The kernel vvill vvork fine like this, but it is often best to build a minimalist kernel and have as much extra stuff, such as filesystems and support for various types of hardvvare ete, loaded in as modules.
Many drivers don’t need to be present ali of the time and, if they are compiled as modules, can be loaded and unloaded on demand to save on memory usage.
