Compiling Custom Kernel
Posted: 20 May 2013, 14:18
Hi,
I'm trying to compile a custom kernel using the Ubuntu Raring sources.
Why?
Long story short. I want to use ZFS with Porteus. But in all versions since 1.0 it doesn't work correctly. I get strange write buffering issues which basically hangs the system for up to a minute or two if you do a largish file copy or any heavy disk IO. It seems the most common kernel used in the zfs on linux forums is the ubuntu raring kernel. So I figured I'd try and compile that for porteus and see if ZFS behaves better.
So I also figured I should start with the Ubuntu kernel config (and not the default porteus kernel config). But I can't get it to boot. It can't find the porteus .sgn file, so I figure it can't find the device.
Now The ubuntu raring kernel already appears to have aufs patched in (but it is under Ubuntu 3rd Party supplied drivers, not under filesystem).
Anyway, before I start digging too deep (maybe I just don't have the correct device driver selected) is there any reason why what I am doing wouldn't work? (Disregarding the ZFS stuff)
In the kernel I've selected (built in) fuse, aufs & squashfs with xz support
Thanks, Ryan
I'm trying to compile a custom kernel using the Ubuntu Raring sources.
Why?
Long story short. I want to use ZFS with Porteus. But in all versions since 1.0 it doesn't work correctly. I get strange write buffering issues which basically hangs the system for up to a minute or two if you do a largish file copy or any heavy disk IO. It seems the most common kernel used in the zfs on linux forums is the ubuntu raring kernel. So I figured I'd try and compile that for porteus and see if ZFS behaves better.
So I also figured I should start with the Ubuntu kernel config (and not the default porteus kernel config). But I can't get it to boot. It can't find the porteus .sgn file, so I figure it can't find the device.
Now The ubuntu raring kernel already appears to have aufs patched in (but it is under Ubuntu 3rd Party supplied drivers, not under filesystem).
Anyway, before I start digging too deep (maybe I just don't have the correct device driver selected) is there any reason why what I am doing wouldn't work? (Disregarding the ZFS stuff)
In the kernel I've selected (built in) fuse, aufs & squashfs with xz support
Thanks, Ryan