Can't Install Cdfs!
 

Hi!

I have problems with installing cdfs on SLES 8.
I have downloaded file cdfs-2.6.3a.tar.bz2 to /usr directory.
(http://www.elis.rug.ac.be/~ronsse/cdfs/download/).
Then extracted it with command:

# tar -xjvv cdfs-2.6.3a.tar.bz2

Move to the created directory:

# cd /usr/cdfs-2.6.3a

Then I check INSTALL file and tried to compile with command:

# make

First I got a message that "The present kernel configuration has modules disabled. ....." . So I executed:

# cd /usr/src/linux
# make menuconfig

I check "Enable loadable module support" and "Kernel module loader". They have allready been checked. I recompile kernel with commands:

# make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install
# mount /boot
# cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/
# reboot

All works fine without any errors.

Then I tried to compile again:

# make

But I got an error:

traka:/usr/cdfs-2.6.3a # make
make -C /lib/modules/2.4.19-64GB-SMP/build SUBDIRS=/usr/cdfs-2.6.3a modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.19.SuSE'
make -C /usr/cdfs-2.6.3a CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.19.SuSE/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraph
s -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i586 -DMODULE" MAKING_MODULES=1 modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/cdfs-2.6.3a'
make[2]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/cdfs-2.6.3a'
make[1]: *** [_mod_/usr/cdfs-2.6.3a] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.19.SuSE'
make: *** [all] Error 2
traka:/usr/cdfs-2.6.3a #

So I don'n know what is wrong. There is a Make file in current directory.
I have tied with command:

# make Makefile

But I got an message: "Nothing to be done for 'Make file'.

Also, I have tried with RPM cdfs-0.5c-1.i686.rpm but that haven't worked neither. (http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i686.rpm.html)

My configuration is:
OS: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 8
Kernel: 2.4.19-64GB-SMP
Server: Primergy H400

Can anybody help me with this? Give me step by step instructions.

Thanks!

You should run before running It also helps if you go through the options and configure it for your system.

For a 2.4 kernel you also need to run prior to running make, or the dependencies won't be set up and make will almost certainly fail and/or produce an invalid kernel. You also need to run if you want your newly compiled kernel to be installed through lilo.

Make sure that you have a boot option for your old kernel before installing the newer one. You may also want to use and install it by hand.

Your first step should be to look for instructions on recompiling your kernel…