On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 12:51:56AM -0600, mark wrote: > I didn't feel like arguing any more, when I knew whoever it was who accused > me of spreading FUD was wrong. > > Well, I found I needed to recompile, after having tweaked a few config > changes. Then I went to compiling the kernel, and gcc 2.96: > a) I ran memtest for about 35 or 40 min, and got through pass 0 with no > errors. This suggests no major memory chip errors; > b) I rebooted to single user mode, and unmounted everything other than / > > and started compiling. And compiling. And compiling. Never did get past IPV4. [...rant snipped...]
Well, all I can say is that I never had a problem compiling the kernel (from Red Hat's "kernel-sources", i.e. it had a few patches applied - haven't had a reason to try the pristine sources from kernel.org yet) on my Athlon with 2.96 (latest update, of course). Just as another anecdotal datapoint, Thomas -- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html ...'cause only lusers quote signatures! Thomas Ribbrock | http://www.ribbrock.org | ICQ#: 15839919 "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list