ZFS version 2.1.11 is supposed to work correctly with Oracle UEK 7. However, on update (and later – a reboot) – it broke. The driver cannot build using dkms, and the error message is something like this: If you look into /boot/config-`uname -r` output, and look for CONFIG_MODULES string, you will indeed find that it…
Boel initrd files are actually compressed cramfs files. This is a menuscript for authoring and modifying these files, if needed. Assume the file in question is /tftpboot/install-initrd-i386.img: cp /tftpboot/install-initrd-i386.img /tmp/ cd /tmp/ gzip -S .img -d install-initrd-i386.img mount -o loop install-initrd-i386 /mnt mkdir initrd cd /mnt/ tar cf – . | (cd /tmp/initrd/ ; tar…
Kernel version 2.6.16.9, so I will supply its config file here config-2.6.16.9.txt. Same procedure as before. Good luck.
After upgrading my laptop to 2.6.15.1 kernel, hibernation worked flawlessly. Running my previous version of kernel – 2.6.14.2, I have had some hibernation instabilities. I’ve had some memory corruptions here and there, which would have required I reboot the machine. So far, and it’s been a while, I’m glad to say I had no reason…
Alongside a newer kernel, I’m enjoying a newer Software Suspend2 package. I am not crazy about betas, or RCs, so now I’m on the 2.2 stable. I have hibernated only once since I’ve upgraded kernel, but it went just fine on the first try, so I’m rather ok with it without setting a set of…
First and foremost – Happy new year! Technically speaking, it has gone rather well so far, this new year. Although it was actually yesterday, I’ve managed to add another feature to my little laptop, and support the Fujitsu Keys on my linux – this time, with no errors, no problems, and without killing SWSUSP2 –…
