Hi Rahul, In your case the modules will get overwritten in the same directory (/lib/modules/2.4.17). If you use the different kernel version then the modules will get installed in the /lib/modules/linu.kernel.version.number directory. The module loading depends upon the System.map and modules.conf file. So don't forget to move this newly generated System.map file to /boot/ directory. I think you moved the System.map file but didn't do make modules and make modules_install.Hence no modules get listed in the System.map file though they they are included in kernel as loadble modules.

Basically the kernel compiling order should be: make menuconfig make dep make bzImage make modules make modules_install copy bzImage to the /boot/ directory rename the old System.map to System.bak copy System.map to the /boot/ directory

Do not forget to save the old .config file(which keeps the track of the selected options while compiling the kernel) before compiling.

Happy Recompiling!

-Mahesh Gharat

We shall recompile and recompile until we are exhausted, and then we shall compile again.

On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 Rahul Saxena wrote :

hi there,

i compiled 2.4.17 and made the modules for it. now i have compiled the same kernel with the preemtive kernel patch, but i have not made the modules for that.

this causes a problem as the (preemtive)kernel dosent find any modules at boot. and hence i cannot use them.

Now if i make modules for the preemtive kernel too, will they overwrite the previous modules. or will they be installed in a seperate directory then /lib/modules/2.4.17 ??

it would be good if i could boot from either of the kernels and use the modules.

can somone throw some light on this ?

regards -rahul

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