[ILUG] Modules

[Kenn Humborg]

> > Now, when I rebooted, I got pages of 'Unresolved symbols in
> > /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/vfat.o' etc. etc. etc.
> 
> Have you compiled vfat as a module or is it left over from a previous 
> kernel?
> 
> just before I do make modules_install I tend to mv the old 
> /lib/modules/<kernel version> so I only get the modules I want.

Better again, change EXTRAVERSION in /usr/src/linux/Makefile
to something else (say -5.0-kh) and then the modules will be
installed in /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0-kh/... and will coexist
peacefully with the stock RedHat ones.

I haven't actually tried this exactly this way myself, but
I'd guess that the 'make install' will create a kernel in
/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0-kh, so by putting multiple entries
in /etc/lilo.conf, you can easily select the stock RH kernel
or your own at boot time.

Later,
Kenn