On 12/12/2010 02:51 AM, < wrote:>

On 12 December 2010 11:39, David C. Rankin wrote:

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On 12/11/2010 09:34 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:

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mkinitcpio -k 2.6.35-dcr \ -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf \ -g /boot/kernel26-dcr.img

mkinitcpio -k 2.6.35-dcr \ -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf \ -g /boot/kernel26-dcr-fallback.img \ -S autodetect

Of course that should be 2.6.36-dcr

You're on the right track. Two points that you have to remember:

1) there must be modules 2) there must be a kernel image

Change the file names in /boot, because mkinitcpio still creates with the standard names. You can change the config files as well.

I created a script to install an x64 kernel alongside i686, but it's all about renames, so you can use it verbatim as well (if you have the pkg cached):

http://paste.pocoo.org/show/303829/

./303829 $kernelpkgfile $name

Or just follow the steps and rename stuff in existing files.

Thank you Ray. I guess the part I missed was not preserving the source directory. But I'm still confused whether it is possible to preserve the running kernel as "kernel-dcr" by copying the existing kernel files to the new name *without* first modifying the kernel-package and then installing the modified package. I guess what I don't know is whether simply copying the existing files in the manner set out below will screw up any hard-coded links to the old kernel file names. (like any links in the copied System.map26-dcr that still point to the original System.map26, etc..) So do you know if it is possible to preserve the existing kernel on the system as kernel (-dcr), by doing something like: 1. cp -a /usr/src/linux-2.6.36-ARCH /usr/src/linux-2.6.36-dcr 2. cp -a /lib/modules/2.6.36-ARCH /lib/modules/2.6.36-dcr 3. cp /boot/System.map26 /boot/System.map26-dcr 4. cp /boot/vmlinuz26 /boot/vmlinuz26-dcr 5. remake the initramfs mkinitcpio -k 2.6.36-dcr \ -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf \ -g /boot/kernel26-dcr.img mkinitcpio -k 2.6.36-dcr \ -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf \ -g /boot/kernel26-dcr-fallback.img \ -S autodetect 6. update grub menu.lst and create entries for the dcr kernel I will definitely use your script to remake the existing kernel package into a custom -dcr package and give that a try. The script was great at helping me along in this process. (I still need to unravel all the bsdtar options). Also, I tweaked the top part of the script to make it a bit more generic and to provide a bit of usage information on error. If you like, here are a few bits you could incorporate: #!/bin/bash E_NO_P_1=1 E_INV_PKG=2 # simple usage function to provide usage and error information Usage() { [[ -n $1 ]] && echo -e "\n ERROR: ${1}" echo -e "\n Usage: ${0##*/} krnl-pkg_name [krnl-extension (default: CSTM)]\n" echo -e " The script repackages 'krnl-pkg_name' from its default name of kernel26 to" echo -e " kernel26-'krnl-extension' (default: kernel26-CSTM). The script will rename" echo -e " the source directory and module tree accordingly.\n" # test that $2 exists and is an interger and if so use as exit code [[ -n $2 ]] && [[ $2 -eq $2 ]] &>/dev/null && exit $2 exit 1 } [[ -z $1 ]] && Usage "Invalid Input - Arch Linux kernel package name required" $E_NO_P_1 [[ $1 =~ pkg.tar ]] || Usage "Invalid Input - 'krnl-pkg_name' must be an Arch Linux kernel package" $E_INV_PKG NAME=${2:-CSTM} # I just used parameter substitution instead of 2 tests [[ ${NAME:0:1} != - ]] && NAME="-$NAME" # if no - add it and not exit # just temp test output to make sure it does what you want echo -e "\n \$1: $1" echo -e " \$2: $2" echo -e " Name: $NAME\n" Thanks for your help. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com