Re: 2.1.91: ALPHA

Thomas Pornin (bip@orion.ens.fr)
Mon, 6 Apr 1998 18:47:09 +0200

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In article <19980406133606Z971407-10942+520@vger.rutgers.edu> you write:
> I've been trying to install 2.1.92 on an AlphaXL system. I've built the
>kernel with "make vmlinux", compressed it with gzip, and copied it to the
>floppy disk over the top of the 2.0.30 image that works.

The correct command is "make boot". This is a fairly common gotcha.

Beware that 2.1.92 on an alpha does not seem to be able to automatically
insert a module without producing a bunch of oopses (and not inserting
the module). So no kmod. Apart from that, it seems to work well.

--Thomas Pornin

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