On Sun, 05 Jul 1998, Tom Pfeifer wrote: >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
Hi Tom, you should install the following package (pasted from dselect description): +bin86 - 16-bit assembler and loader +This is the as86 and ld86 distribution written by Bruce Evans. It's a +complete 8086 assembler and loader which can make 32-bit code for the 386+ +processors (under Linux it's used only to create the 16-bit bootsector and +setup binaries). usually if you compile the kernel with "make zImage" the compressed (installable) kernel image is in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage. use this one for lilo, loadlin or however you start your system. don't forget to compile (make modules) and install (make modules_install) the kernels modules also .... Cheers Reinhold -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
