Problems with bootp and self-compiled kernels

[Geert Stappers]

At 10:35 +0100 12/14/01, Phil wrote:
>Hi all!
>
>I wanted to add aic7xxx support in the boot kernel (I don't know if it
>should have been loaded automatically as a module, but it did not do so)
>but I was not able to boot because the kernel did not send any bootp
>requests.
>
>To be sure I did not misconfigure my kernel, I took a fresh vanilla
>2.2.19, copied /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot/boot/config-2.2.19 to .config, made
>menuconfig to create config.h and compiled this kernel,

use "make oldconfig" before "make menuconfig"

"config.h" sounds like BS


>which I put in
>place of the old one in /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot/boot/. Then I
>make-fai-floppy. But the result is the same.
>

If the result is the same, you probaly use the same kernel.
Verify that you are really using your fresh build kernel.

Geert