On Sun, 5 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:
The source documentation is incorrect for a Debian libc6 installation. You should have left it alone. As root, do mv /usr/src/linux /usr/src/linux-2.0.33 (if /usr/src/linux is a link to this, just remove it.) ln -s /usr/source/kernel-headers-2.0.32 /usr/src/linux' > > 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 Install the bin86 package > > 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? Use 'make bzImage' instead of 'make zImage'. To ease compilation and automate the lilo setup, install kernel-package and read its documentation. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
