Re: Building kernel for another computer

2004-03-21 Thread Philippe Marzouk
On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 06:55:17PM +, Gary wrote: > the result onto a floppy. I then try and boot the laptop from the floppy (I > want to be sure the kernel works okay before I replace the one on the hd). > Everything goes well until it reports a kernel panic because it is "unable > to mount ro

Re: Building kernel for another computer

2004-03-21 Thread Shaun ONeil
On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 18:55 +, Gary wrote: > I need to build a newer kernel for my laptop in order that it will support a > parallel network interface I have for it. Since my only way of getting > anything onto the laptop is via floppy, what I did was build a suitable > kernel on my potato box

Re: Building kernel for another computer

2004-03-21 Thread Joris Huizer
Gary wrote: I need to build a newer kernel for my laptop in order that it will support a parallel network interface I have for it. Since my only way of getting anything onto the laptop is via floppy, what I did was build a suitable kernel on my potato box (yes, I know, that's old as well! it is not