RE: NEWBIE : can't find /lib/modules/2.4.17/modules.dep error

[Punj, Arun]

Thanks, You are right I did not do a make modules_install. 

However, the thing is  - my system was working normally in so far as I can
tell even without doing make modules_install !!! Maybe I am not using any
of dynamically loading drivers???

Thanks a ton eric and all who have helped.

ARun

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Weigle [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 7:16 PM
> To: Punj, Arun
> Cc: lkml
> Subject: Re: NEWBIE : can't find /lib/modules/2.4.17/modules.dep error
> 
> 
> > I upgraded the 2.4.7-10 kernel that comes with RH7.2 to 2.4.17. 
> > [ I could compile it fine and grub is able to load it too...]
> > 
> > However, I see the error : can't find 
> /lib/modules/2.4.17/modules.dep
> > multiple times.
> Sounds like you didn't make or install modules. Most kernels 
> these days
> are best built using modules for device drivers and such that 
> are loaded
> on-demand during runtime, instead of being part of a big 'monolithic'
> kernel. This saves space in memory and has some other 
> benefits (although
> this is open to debate).
> 
> `make bzImage` makes just the 'monolithic' part of the 
> kernel, while `make
> modules` and `make modules_install` handle building and 
> installing modules,
> and should create the proper directories and put in the 
> appropriate files.
> 
> If you did execute the modules commands (as root, of course), 
> the problem
> might be in your module loader program suite (insmod, lsmod, 
> etc.). Old
> versions of the program don't work with newer kernels. I'm 
> not a RedHat user
> so I wouldn't know about that, but you could check their site 
> and download
> the latest RPM if that seems to be the problem.
> 
> -Eric
> 
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