I compiled the 2.4.3 kernel today and attempted to install
it (but not over the old kernel, I just added it and
modified lilo. When I tried to boot the kernel it died.
I got about 13 or 14 of the period going across on the loading
kernel screen when it just stops. So I reboot my old kernel
to try to figure out the problem. I find out my file system
is screwed. I get the standard inconsistency detected,
I run fsck and it detects unattached inodes, and repairs
them. Although my system still does not have a clean bill
of health, kudzu now crashes with a core dump any time it
is run, I have tried reinstalling, and I still get crashes.
So I beleive my file system isn't the same it was before.
My question basically is...What happened? Why would the
kernel have done this? Is it a driver I compiled in that I
should have left modularized? Or left out altogether? Bad
version of GCC so I got a corrupt build, which would have
run amuck on my file system? I was feeling pretty
confident with Linux, and building a kernel, but now I'm
a bit intimidated by this. What does it sound like to you
guys? (and girls) Any help would be greately appreciated.
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