[Rule-list] 386 & Slinky-v0.2.* status

[Eugene Wong]

>From: Michael Fratoni <mfratoni at tuxfan.homeip.net>
<snip>
>Hrmmm?
>What exactly is the difficulty you are having? If this is a follow up to
>a previous post, I seem to have missed it.

Maybe my first email didn't make it all the way through.

My problem is that I can't do a network install. I'm trying to install from 
an ftp server, but the network module [ne.o] doesn't seem to load. More on 
this, below.

<snip>
>If you are talking about the slinky installer, the kernel the installer
>uses is a slightly modified version of Red Hat's 2.4.9-31-BOOT kernel and
>the modules (available on my server) are from the same kernel.

Yes, I am using the slinky installer.

>To demonstrate:
>[root at enigma cdrom]# insmod
>/var/www/html/rule/slinky/MODULES/kernel/drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.o
>/var/www/html/rule/slinky/MODULES/kernel/drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.o:
>kernel-module version mismatch
>         /var/www/html/rule/slinky/MODULES/kernel/drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.o
>was compiled for kernel version 2.4.9-31RULE
>         while this kernel is version 2.4.9-21.
>
>The slinky-v0.2.1 images work here without difficulty.
<snip>

Perhaps I misunderstand the error message. Even in your example it says 
"kernel-module version mismatch". So, how does the network get set up with a 
kernel-module version mismatch? When I try:

insmod .../ne.o

then I also get a kernel-module version mismatch. I got the modules from 
your website at:

http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/rule/slinky/MODULES/kernel/...

I can't ping any IP address, or use ifconfig.


Sincerely, and with thanks,
Eugene T.S. Wong




Sincerely, and with thanks,
Eugene T.S. Wong


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