Re: Compiling kernel on a different computer
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 at 12:04 GMT, Piers Kittel penned: Hello all, I've got an ancient 486 which needs its kernel recompiled, but it is extremely slow, and the hard drive isn't big enough - and I think it's possible to recompile the kernel on my main PC and transfer the kernel and modules over - how to do this? Thanks very much for your help in advance You might also look into distcc, which allows you to run the compile across multiple computers. Oh, wait, just reread - the above won't help with harddrive space =/ but it's still a really cool tool. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Compiling kernel on a different computer
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 at 12:04 GMT, Piers Kittel penned: Hello all, I've got an ancient 486 which needs its kernel recompiled, but it is extremely slow, and the hard drive isn't big enough - and I think it's possible to recompile the kernel on my main PC and transfer the kernel and modules over - how to do this? Thanks very much for your help in advance In normal operation, the kernel-package scripts figure out what architecture to compile for by looking at things like uname (don't remember exactly), but this behavior can be overridden. Look at the make-kpkg man page. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Compiling kernel on a different computer
Monique Y. Herman said: You might also look into distcc, which allows you to run the compile across multiple computers. Oh, wait, just reread - the above won't help with harddrive space =/ but it's still a really cool tool. -- monique i never could get distcc to work, anyone have a simple guide to configuring it after installation? -- --Luke CS Sysadmin, Montana State University-Bozeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Compiling kernel on a different computer
Hello all, I've got an ancient 486 which needs its kernel recompiled, but it is extremely slow, and the hard drive isn't big enough - and I think it's possible to recompile the kernel on my main PC and transfer the kernel and modules over - how to do this? Thanks very much for your help in advance Cheers - Piers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Compiling kernel on a different computer
Piers Kittel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've got an ancient 486 which needs its kernel recompiled, but it is extremely slow, and the hard drive isn't big enough - and I think it's possible to recompile the kernel on my main PC and transfer the kernel and modules over - how to do this? Build the kernel normally using kernel-package, configuring it for the target machine. (http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/ has what seems to be the canonical Debian kernel compilation how-to these days.) When you're done, you should have a kernel-image-*.deb file; copy it to the target machine using scp or some such. Then log in as root on the target machine and use 'dpkg --install' to install the kernel. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal. -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
