[Ocfs2-users] Q: ocfs2 install on SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (2.6.5-7.308-default)

[Coly Li]

Sun Wrote:
> Hello! everybody here!
>             From ocfs2 document, I know 
> Novell's SUSE Linux Exterprise Server: OCFS2 1.2.9-1 packages for SLES9 SP4 and SLES10 SP1 are available .
>             so I download ocfs2-1.2.9.tar.gz
>             uncompress ocfs2-1.2.9.tar.gz
>             cd ocfs2-1.2.9
>             ./configure
> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables... 
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether ln -s works... yes
> checking for egrep... grep -E
> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
> checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
> checking for vendor... suse-kmp
> checking for vendor kernel... not supported
> checking for debugging... no
> checking for directory with kernel build tree... /lib/modules/2.6.5-7.308-default/build
> checking for kernel version... 2.6.5-7.308-default
> checking for directory with kernel sources... not found
> configure: error: Couldn't find kernel sources
> # 

OCFS2 1.2 in SLES10 is a little different from upstream OCFS2 1.2. I suspect the
upstream OCFS2 code can be compiled and run correctly on SLES10.

Anyway, if you do want to have a try, it seems kernel source code of
2.6.4-7.308-default is not installed and configured on your system.


-- 
Coly Li
SuSE Labs