topic Re: error while building the kernel in Operating System - HP-UX

error while building the kernel

Reggie Chang — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 20:02:17 GMT

Hi everyone,

I would like to modify kernel parameters using
SAM. At the end, it showed

Canot build a kernel using /usr/sbin/mk_kernel.
The standard output of the command is shown below:
config : error in opening file -- /usr/conf/gen/config.sys

The command exited with exit code -71.

Any suggestion is very much appreciated.

Reggie

Re: error while building the kernel

Patrick Wallek — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 20:14:52 GMT

Well, the first thing to check is that you have the referenced file on your system. If so, what are the permissions. Here is an ll of that file on my machine:

# ll /usr/conf/gen/config.sys
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 6987 Nov 14 2000 /usr/conf/gen/config.sys

Re: error while building the kernel

S.K. Chan — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 20:52:44 GMT

Just in case, if it's not permission problem, check /usr/sbin/sam and see if the path /usr/ccs/bin is defined in variable PATH.

Re: error while building the kernel

Reggie Chang — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 22:56:34 GMT

FYI, the result of ll is

-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 2595 Jun 10 1996 /usr/conf/gen/config.sys

Also, /usr/ccs/bin is in PATH.

Thank you.

Reggie

Re: error while building the kernel

Reggie Chang — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 23:08:43 GMT

Patrick and S.K.,

Really appreciate your input.

I feel that our machine may have some problems. (It happened that sam can not be run sometimes. After logout and login, it worked again.)

The top priority task that I have is related to swap space. I'll post another message for that.

Reggie

Re: error while building the kernel

James R. Ferguson — Sat, 02 Feb 2002 01:03:37 GMT

Hi Reggie:

I think this thread may get a resolution started:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xa206a22d6d27d5118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: error while building the kernel

T. M. Louah — Sat, 02 Feb 2002 14:16:07 GMT

What kernel parm. you r modifying, I know sam has an issue modifying parms. for which the range is mistakingly set in one of the header files used by SAM.

T