[aklug] Re: Grub not recognizing kernel executable format

From: Arthur Corliss <acorliss@nevaeh-linux.org>
Date: Wed Sep 15 2010 - 09:03:36 AKDT

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010, Christopher Howard wrote:

> # file kernel-2.6.35.4
> kernel-2.6.35.4: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1
> (SYSV), statically linked, not stripped
>
> Yah, this is definitely wrong, because if I run the same command on my
> host kernel, I get:
>
> # file /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.35-gentoo-r4
> /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.35-gentoo-r4: Linux kernel x86 boot
> executable bzImage, version 2.6.35-gentoo-r4 (root@adler) #, RO-rootFS,
> swap_dev 0x3, Normal VGA
>
> I'm wondering if the problem is that I just ran "make" and then copying
> the kernel in myself, instead of running the make installation. Maybe I
> missed some other stage of kernel preparation...?

Do a 'make bzImage' and the look for it under the arch/x86/boot/
directory...

         --Arthur Corliss
           Live Free or Die
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