also sprach Dan Cox (on Thu, 05 Jul 2001 03:43:31AM -0700): > when I #make menuconfig, or make config, I get the fallowing error; > > make: *** No rule to make target 'config' . Stop. > > Also from the articles I've read about compiling the Kernel the /usr/linux > directory is referenced, however I don't have this directory. > What am I doing wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated.
usually, you unpack your kernel source within the /usr/src directory, although some people opt for /usr/local/src. i prefer the former if you compile a kernel for each machine, and the latter if you have a stock kernel for a cluster of workstations. once unpacked, it's usually best to rename the created "linux" directory to something like "linux-version" i.e. linux-2.4.6, and then to symlink to linux: mv linux linux-2.4.6 ln -s !!:2 !!:1 then you cd into /usr/src/linux and try the make menuconfig again. you are getting this error because make looks for a file called Makefile, which resides in /usr/src/linux, but the directory you call 'make' in does not have such a file, or the file in that directory doesn't know how to build the targets config or menuconfig. assuming your tar.gz file for the kernel is in /usr/src, you'd do the following to compile a kernel: cd /usr/src tar xfz linux-2.4.6.tar.gz mv linux linux-2.4.6 ln -s !!:2 !!:1 cd !!:2 make menuconfig make dep modules modules_install bzImage cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.6 cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.6 $EDITOR /etc/lilo.conf # make the changes here lilo reboot however, i would suggest replacing all the steps following menuconfig by make-kpkg, which can create a .DEB file with the kernel image, that you than have to 'dpkg -i' martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- be nice to your kids. they'll choose your nursing home.
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