Thanks for the tips Trevor. The "make mrproper" did the trick. I am now able to access the network as expected. I now have Bind, Postfix, Cyrus-sasl, Cyrus-Imap, and Apache on the server.... slowly working through the emerge routines and compiles to get my server up to par. A few more days and I should be able to replace my Red Hat server.
Funny thing is, now that I've found the fix for my particular problem, I'm seeing the solution posted in numerous locations on the Gentoo forums. When I searched through them before I fixed my issue, I had trouble finding the references I needed... oh well, hindsite is always 20/20. Either that, or I know how to better word the question now, so can see the answers easier..... My thoughts on Gentoo thus far - Takes much longer to install, and can try the patience of anyone who hasn't had to wait for compiles before, but otherwise, the install is very easy (if you follow the guide), and has an excellent community for support. Also, I'm finding that by working through the install guides, and editing the required config files, I'm learning MUCH MUCH more about getting linux running than I ever did with Suse, Mandrake or Red Hat. And I'm not finding it any tougher than figuring out a gui interface for managing a server (or it's services). The menuconfig for the kernel configuration helped a lot. If I had to build the .config file by hand, the process would have been much more daunting. On the otherhand, it's now 4 days after I started, and I still don't have a server I can put into production yet. So, the install process does take longer - but I can see the benifits of a bit of patience. The server is already performing faster than my RH installation (judging by the time it takes to boot and shut down). And I have much less "fluff" - less wasted space on files I will never use. Thanks again Trevor, and Kevin. Shawn -----Original Message----- From: Trevor Lauder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 5:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: (clug-talk) Gentoo kernel compile error? Shawn Grover said: > DLink DFE-538TX - so I'll need the Realtek 8139 drivers. Right now it > looks > as though I didn't copy my kernel to the /boot drive. Now, when I try to > recompile the kernel (have to now - need to make sure APIC is turned off, > and I missed a setting for the DEVFS), I'm getting errors. I'll be trying > the steps in Trevor's post. in a short while. > > Shawn > Make sure /boot is mounted before you copy bzImage over to it, it's easy to make that mistake since it doesn't get mounted at boot by default if you followed the Gentoo install instructions. Cheers, -- Trevor Lauder Web: http://www.thelauders.net E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resume: http://www.thelauders.net/resume/ Gentoo Powered "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -- Albert Einstein
