Kernel doesn't install(solved)

Austenite · n00b Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 16

The kernel itself isn't installing. After typing emerge gentoo-sources The screen starts scrolling through different files names by the end of it though it says something to the effect of
--- !empty dir /usr/src/linux2.6.22-gentoo-r5/<file names> this is scrolled all the way down the screen so I take it it means the kernel isn't there.
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didymos · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:59 am Post subject:

gentoo-sources. It's source code, not a kernel. You have to compile a kernel:

Gentoo Linux Kernel Upgrade Guide

Gentoo Linux Kernel Configuration Guide
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Austenite · n00b Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 16

Alright, here's the problem then. Following the handbook exactly this is what I come up with

#emerge gentoo-sources
<emerges gentoo sources>
#ls -l /usr/src/linux
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 sep 1 13:15 /usr/src/linux -> linux-2.6.22-gentoo-r5
#emerge genkernel
<emerges genkernel>
#genkernel all
ERROR: Failed to compile the prepare target
#ls /boot/kernel* /boot/initramfs*
ls: cannot access /boot/kernel* no such file or directory
ls: cannot access /boot/initramfs* no such file or directory
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Austenite · n00b Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 16

Ok, here's how this was fixed...

#genkernel all --menuconfig
select processor type and features
go down to Physical Adress Where The Kernel Is Loaded and change that value from 0x100000 to 0x200000 keep hitting escape until it asks you to save, save file as whatever then let it compile.
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