make oldconfig.

[Time]

This command is not working as am trying to install kernel-2.6.30

make oldconfig
make: *** No rule to make target `oldconfig'.  Stop.

i even tried

make -f oldconfig
make: oldconfig: No such file or directory

where am i going wrong?

[gits]

which distro do you use?

[Time]

The linux distro used by me is:
2.6.28-18 generic

[gits]

that's more likely the kernel version ... i mean: ubuntu or suse or what linux-distribution?

[Time]

Sorry for the earlier reply
it's ubuntu.

[gits]

have a look here and/or here and see if that helps ...

kind regards

[Time]

Checked both the links and tried commands like
sudo apt-get install module-assistant
sudo m-a prepare
chmod -x foldername
but still getting the error as:

make: *** No rule to make target `oldconfig'. Stop.

after running;

make oldconfig.

[gits]

from where do you run it? should be something like:

/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-18-generic

?

[Time]

am doing it in /usr/src/linux
i suppose that now make oldconfig is working, as am getting this after running

make oldconfig:

sudo make oldconfig
HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
HOSTCC scripts/basic/docproc
HOSTCC scripts/basic/hash
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o
scripts/kconfig/conf.c: In function ‘conf_askvalue’ :
scripts/kconfig/conf.c:104: warning: ignoring return value of ‘fgets’, declared with attribute warn_unused_res ult
scripts/kconfig/conf.c: In function ‘conf_choi ce’:
scripts/kconfig/conf.c:306: warning: ignoring return value of ‘fgets’, declared with attribute warn_unused_res ult
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.o
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf
scripts/kconfig/conf -o arch/x86/Kconfig
#
# configuration written to .config
#

But make command is not working; i tried it using /linux-headers-2.6.28-18-generic also; as suggested by you.
But in both the cases am getting the same error as:

scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/x86/Kconfig
CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-x86
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `kernel/bounds.c', needed by `kernel/bounds.s'. Stop.
make: *** [prepare0] Error 2

because of this error make install is also not working.

sh /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-18-generic/arch/x86/boot/install.sh 2.6.28.10 arch/x86/boot/bzImage System.map "/boot"

*** Missing file: arch/x86/boot/bzImage
*** You need to run "make" before "make install".

make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make: *** [install] Error 2

[gits]

could this be of help?

[Time]

still getting this message after make command:

sh /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-18-generic/arch/x86/boot/install.sh 2.6.28.10 arch/x86/boot/bzImage System.map "/boot"

*** Missing file: arch/x86/boot/bzImage
*** You need to run "make" before "make install".

make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make: *** [install] Error 2

[gits]

have you read the entire thread that is linked in the previous post and ensured all hints there? ... installed all linux-source files and extracted them? created a symlink to the sources, and tried as sudo -s?

kind regards

[Time]

Thanks a lot.
Am finally done with it.

[gits]

glad to hear that :) ... would you mind to post a short hint about the solution that did help you? so that users with a similar problem might get a hint how it was solved ...

kind regards

[Time]

Yeah i was about to write it down in earlier post itself..but thought of avoiding it. The reason is; i was being really very silly,. actually i was writting the make command in my earlier version of linux ...and of course i should have written it in the latest version, the one which am installing.
I know this is way too ridiculous and i wasted lot of time and energy of many ppl coz of this stupid thing.
I really apologize for that.