[OpenAFS] Problems with OpenAFS 1.2.8 install on RedHat 8.0

[Derek Atkins]

install the openafs-kernel-source package and follow the instructions
to build your own kernel module.

-derek

"Woodman, Joel" <woodman@chuma1.cas.usf.edu> writes:

> Hello, folks,
> 
> After installing OpenAFS 1.2.8 on a RedHat 8.0 system with the current
> 2.4.18-24 kernel, I've gotten the following error when I start the AFS
> daemon:
> 
> Hmm...  I can't seem to find an AFS kernel module suitable for your Linux
> kernel.  That means you will need to build or obtain a suitable module.
> The following information may be of some use in obtaining assistance:
> CPU Type:       686.intel.8
> Linux version:  2.4.18-24.8.0 #1 Fri Jan 31 07:56:33 EST 2003
> RedHat release: Red Hat Linux release 8.0 (Psyche)
> Symbol versions:
>   iget4      2d351a8b
>   iget4      2d351a8b
>   sock_create 63f19d31
> Did not find matching module in SymTable
> AFS module /usr/vice/etc/modload/libafs-2.4.18-24.8.0.o does not exist. Not
> starting AFS.
> 
> I'll take a wild guess and say that kernel version 2.4.18-24 isn't supported
> as a module doesn't exist for it in /usr/vice/etc/modload (imagine that), so
> now I have a question: Should I back down to an earlier kernel, or are there
> ways to convince OpenAFS that it can run with the current one? I would
> rather not use developmental code, as I intend to use OpenAFS in a
> production environment (once I let it out of the test network).
> 
> Apologies in advance for what's probably a stupid new user question. (Also
> for any duplicates folks receive of this. The first got caught up in the
> moderator, as I used an older address to subscribe.)
> 
> -Joel
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