Hi, 1. The processor type option is to allow for a) some optimizations and b) using extensions to the cpu's instruction set that comes with the processor eg. amd k6 stuff or pentium stuff.
The practical upshot of all this is that you can compile for a 486 and it should work on an amd k6 or an athlon. 2. If you are using potato, the default compiler should be fine. If you are using slink, then there should be packages for gcc272 (from memory anyway). There is the /etc/alternatives for specifying alternatives such as which compiler or editor or ... to use. If you don't want to muck around with this, you could just edit the kernel's Makefile thusly: HOSTCC =gcc272 CC =$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc272 -D__KERNEL__ -I$(HPATH) 3. I think you should still be able to get the stable 2.2.14 to work despite it not directly recognizing your particular ide controller. This is shown by the fact that the kernels gave the same info about the ide drives. The kernel will just treat yours as any other ide controller. I wouldn't use a developmental kernel (ie 2.3.x) unless you know what you are doing. Unfortunately, I don't have your original posts but if you still having trouble you could try posting the info again. Regards, Mark.
