Trying to build a new Kernel with a make config and getting the message 'no rule default'. I am trying to add CDROM support for a SCSI Adaptec 2940 drive. I can't issue mount /mnt/cdrom because it gets iso9660 unsupported filetype. Does LINUX stand for 'Lock-up In Unix'?
Make sure you have both kernel-source and kernel-headers RPMs installed. Make sure you are in the /usr/src/linux directory when calling make. AFAIK, the kernel RPM included in RedHat 5.2 includes isofs support, so your getting "unsupported filesystem type" error message may indicate that you are doing something wrong.
Thanks for responding to my little problem so quickly. You were right - I had not installed everything. So, I went back and booted up the CD and did an 'UPGRADE' and added everything I could find relating to the kernel and make and scsi. After that I was able to do the MAKE. However, after two long drawn out attempts to build the kernel, I still don't have support for ISO9660 and my SCSI CD. The CD drive is a Toshiba xm3401b which I don't see in the supported CD list. I just can't believe that this LINUX system requires this much labor intensive tailoring to recognize my basic hardware when the install CD does it just fine. Also, I tried the three 'MAKE CONFIG', 'MAKE MENUCONFIG', and 'MAKE XCONFIG'. The first two worked and the 'MAKE MENUCONFIG' is the one that I had to use, but the 'MAKE XCONFIG' gets the message: 'Error in startup script: invalid command name "button" '. It also says line 26 of script kconfig.tk which shows "button .ref". Since I am just now trying to learn UNIX, I don't know how to fix this script. Anyway, as I said, I got the menuconfig to work and tried to specify all the necessary support to include the ADAPTEC 2940 controller, SCSI CD support, and ISO9660 filesystem support. I then followed the book doing all the MAKEs to create a zImage and copy it into /boot. But I still get the same message as if nothing has changed. I issue the command: 'mount /mnt/cdrom' and it says ISO9660 is not supported in the kernel. I read through the HOWTO on kernels, CDROMs, and SCSIs. My question is - Do you have any idea what may be wrong with what I am doing? Why doesn't this install process build a suggested kernel build configuration and modify ALL necessary peripheral files like /etc/fstab that includes ALL hardware recognized by the install process? If I can't get my Toshiba xm3401b CD to work under the Adaptec 2940, I won't be able to use Linux very well.
Did you remember to update /etc/lilo.conf and run the 'lilo' command after copying the zImage to /boot? After compiling the kernel using make dep; make clean; make zImage you need to run make modules; make modules_install The copy the new kernel from ./arch/i386/boot/zImage to /boot/vmlinuz-<some number>. The edit /etc/lilo.conf to change the image= line to point to the new file you placed in /boot. The run lilo -v This will update your master boot record to point to the new kernel. Otherwise it will still load the old kernel. If this still does not help you, please contact tech support at http://www.redhat.com/support and they should be able to help you out.