[Solved][Debian]Compiling new kernel issue

[ayu]

I need a newer kernel on my netbook for the NIC to work properly, so I thought it would be a good idea to go with 2.6.31.1 (newest stable as I am writing this post).

Now, the problem is that after a few hours of compiling, it stops with a compile error. I have compiled a lot of kernels before, but this has never happened so I am unsure on how I am to approach this problem, because I don't think it's a problem with the source code.

My usual way of proceeding is...

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cd /usr/src
wget url-to-kernel
tar -xjvf kernel.tar.bz2
ls -s kernelpath linux
cd linux
cp path-to-working-config .
make menuconfig (load config, make changes if needed, save)
make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers
dpkg -i pathtokernel.deb

Any help would be appreciated (I will post the error log when I have it)

[bad_brain]

hmmm....tried it the good old way already? when menuconfig is done:

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make
make modules
make modules_install
make install

and then, in /boot:

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mkinitrd -o initrd.img-2.6.31.1 2.6.31.1

and last, of course, the entry in menu.lst....to use the "classic" way would exclude potential problems in context with the Debian package management....

[ayu]

hmmm, I think I tried that before, but mkinitrd isn't available in the packet tree, and I thought it wasn't for a reason so I ignored that method after that. Tried it again though, same issue.

Any ideas?

[bad_brain]

um, should be included in the initramfs-tools package...

[ayu]

Yeah mkinitrd was renamed mkinitramfs ^^