Hello, I'm a fairly new Linux user, and am really starting to enjoy Linux and the Debian distribution. I'm running Hamm which I have downloaded and installed in bits and pieces with the help of dftp and dpkg. I also have the KDE beta4 desktop, the glib version of Communicator 4.05, and the Tkdesk file manager. I'm impressed - not bad at all!
Anyway, I'm trying to learn how to configure and compile the kernel. I have the 2.0.33 kernel source and header packages properly installed (dpkg is happy anyway), and the /usr/include links set up correctly as stated in the source documentation. I then do the following: cd /usr/src/linux make mrproper make xconfig (then configure, save, and exit) make dep make clean make zImage The compile proceeds for a few minutes, and then exits with these lines: as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s make[1]: as86 Command not found make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 127 make[1]: Leaving directory 'usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.33/arch/i386/boot' make: *** [zImage] Error 2 It does leave a vmlinuz image file in /usr/src/linux which is about the same size as my current kernel, but when I install it in /boot and run lilo, it complains about "kernel image too large", or similar words. I restored the original so it's no problem as far as running, but does anyone have an idea what the problem might be, or where to read up on it? Will appreciate any help. Thanks Tom -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
