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Compile new kernel for RHEL 3 - MelRay - 2006-02-01
Hello guys, been awhile since I last visited. I've been a windows weenie until I got caught in a rut with the new server's I'm loading.
I have a Dell Optiplex GX280 that I installed RHEL 3 on, and it does not have the NIC driver loaded into the kernel. RHEL 3 ships with the 2.4.21 Kernel. I attempted to find suitable drivers from broadcom(It's a 10/100/1000 on-board NIC) but was unable to load them. Anyway I read that the 2.6 Kernel has compatible drivers for the Broadcom NIC, so I tried to re-compile the kernel.
Long story short, I printed the document here for the 2.6 kernel and got errors on make install.
Kernel: arch/i386/boot/bzimage is ready
depmod: Can't open /lib/modules/2.6.15/modules.dep for writing
/lib/modules/2.6.15 is not a directory
mkinitrd failed
There is no /lib/modules/2.6.15 only /lib/modules/2.4.21-4EL and 2.4.41-4ELsmp
Help? I need to get this NIC running so I can finish installing other software, I also have to add three other NIC cards to it later. It's an IDS box, so I hope I can find some widely accepted NIC cards with built-in driver support.
Thanks,
Compile new kernel for RHEL 3 - z0ny - 2006-02-02
It's not that easy to switch from 2.4 to 2.6. Did you try using the drivers from your hardware vendor?
Compile new kernel for RHEL 3 - MelRay - 2006-02-03
I had given up on getting the kernel compile working since I was told the box only needed 1 NIC with an IP and two sensors for snort, and since the box has three PCI NIC's I left it alone.
But I was unable to shake off not getting the on-board NIC working and took your advice. Here's what I did.
cd /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/
bunzip2 tg3-3.43b.tar.bz2
tar xvf tg3-3.43b.tar
cd tg3-3.43b
mv Makefile makefile
make
insmod tg3.o
make install
vi /etc/modules.conf (select tg3 module for eth1)
kudzu (set eth1 for DHCP)
ifup eth1
cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
vi ifcfg-eth1 (enabled up on boot)
shutdown -r now (to verify it come up on boot)
Worked!