Re: older LFS partition boots, the new one does not - with same kernel

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> Il giorno 4 feb 2026, alle ore 09:23, Thomas Seeling <[email protected]=
inuxfromscratch.org> ha scritto:
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> =EF=BB=BFHallo,
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>>> Over the weekend I compiled the latest LFS-dev book on an ancient
>>> machine, a Core2duo in 32 bit mode ...
>>> ... had some strange exceptions
>>> upon kernel boot about ELF signatures
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> it gets stranger with every experiment I try.
> I compiled the same kernel directly on the machine with the same .config =
file, installed it on the working 12.0 partition, and it works fine, can lo=
ad USB and ethernet modules.
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> That kernel, installed on the fresh 12.4-dev partition, does - again - no=
t work. It shows the same exceptions when trying to load the kernel modules=
. I guess I could include the drivers into the kernel instead of loading th=
em as modules, but I suspect there might be other problems apart from not b=
eing able to load modules.
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Have you tried compiling the kernel on the newer system? What is the versio=
n of Linux header  on your LFS 12.0 and on LFS 12.4-dev?

Try compiling the kernel on LFS 12.4-dev and see if the problem solves

Take Care
- Michele


> I still have no idea what's going on there. I'll replace the harddisk nex=
t and see where that leads. I'm not sure if it helps. I compared the files =
between 12.0 and 12.4-dev, and there were no read errors, and the files wer=
e identical except one called "modules.weakdeps".
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> I realized my previous try to compare files binary would not have worked =
- "cmp -s" is *always* silent, even with errors, and only gives an exit cod=
e then. I used "cmp -s ... || echo "! ${f} not ok" this time ;-)
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> Stay healthy,
> Thomas
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