ONE MORE QUESTION! After considering what people have been telling me; in the directory /usr/src/linux-2.4/configs, which *.CONFIG file should I choose for default settings? I have an Intel PII MMX 400 MHz:
kernel-2.4.9-i386.config kernel-2.4.9-i686.config ? Also, is the "kernel-2.4.9-i386-BOOT.config" just for making a floppy? --Humbly awaiting your collective *wisdom*... :) On Tuesday 04 December 2001 12:11 pm, I wrote: > On Monday 03 December 2001 03:01 am, Ben wrote: > > I've compiled several kernels recently and had to do it > > more than once (the first time, I forgot and left PPP > > support out :). Looking at the README, I think you > > might need to run 'make mrproper' _before_ running > > xconfig. > > Thanks; I was reading everything I could find, but I > completely missed anything about "mrproper"... > > > Also, I don't know if this really matters, but > > everything I've read says to run 'make bzImage' before > > 'make modules'. > > In the command line I'm using, "bzImage" is the last item > specified, and I presume the last MAKE to be performed, I > would guess: > > "make dep clean modules modules_install bzImage" > > ONE THING that is bugging me, however: Red Hat's "Red Hat > Package Manager"! > > Whenever RPM's are involved, (and that is ALWAYS), I > never understand what is really happening: I've been > using Linux for over a year now, and I still feel like a > newcomer! > > What RPM's are you supposed to download and use, when > compiling a kernel? are you SUPPOSED to use the RPM that > says "src" in it? And what are all those OTHERS for? > > kernel-2.4.9-12.i386.rpm > kernel-2.4.9-12.i686.rpm > kernel-headers-2.4.9-12.i386.rpm > kernel-doc-2.4.9-12.i386.rpm > kernel-source-2.4.9-12.i386.rpm > kernel-BOOT-2.4.2-2.i386.rpm > > kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.24-2.i386.rpm > kernel-smp-2.4.2-2.i586.rpm > kernel-enterprise-2.4.2-2.i686.rpm > kernel-smp-2.4.2-2.i686.rpm > > Now, I can see that I do not need to have anything to do > with the last four; I don't have any pcmcia stuff, no > extra processors, and I don't live on a starsip ;-) > > But the first two: what do I do about those? I was > reading that the Intel PII MMX processor (mine's 400 MHz) > should properly be considered a 686 (as opposed to a > 586); this was being said for the first section of the > make xconfig, where you specify which processor you have. > > Anyway, when you "rpm" these packages, how do you know > what is going where? In the /usr/src/linux-2.4/README, > under the part about "INSTALLING the kernel": > > "Do NOT use the /usr/src/linux area! This area has a > (usually incomplete) set of kernel headers that are used > by the library header files. They should match the > library, and not get messed up by whatever the > kernel-du-jour happens to be." > > How does this apply to the RPM's, which seem to have > CREATED this area in the first place? Is there a way to > "force" the RPM to unpack in another place, or should > this be ignored? I am reading, and trying to learn more > & more about this as I go, but I sometimes get bogged > down in all the details (I'm sure you've noticed! ;-) > > How about just doing it the way they say in the README, > all the way? Forget the RPM's? > > TIA, > > mVIIs > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
