Hi folks,
I asked this on debian-kernel about 8 hours ago but didn't get any replies.
I've tried about half a dozen times over the last year to compile a working kernel for my old 233MHz machine. I thought I might have had a defective processor (a K6) but I've changed it to a genuine Intel Pentium and still had no success. I can successfully install one of the precompiled kernel images, but compiling one on my box has failed so far. At one point I filed a bug report but Herbert Xu was unable/unwilling to help.
I am currently running RC1 of sarge with a 2.4.27 kernel that I downloaded as a kernel image, but I've previously tried with
3.0r1 with 2.4.18 and other 2.4.x kernels, as well as an early
2.6.x kernel source.
I now have:
kernel-source-2.4.27_2.4.27-6_all.deb (30M)
I thought I knew what to do with this, but my past failures in compiling kernels on this box make me wary.
I also have
kernel-image-2.4.27_2.4.27-6.tar.gz (95K)
but I can't understand what I'm supposed to do with it.
I've unpacked it but it seems to be for those who already
know how it works - there's no readme or help I can see.
I also have:kernel-build-2.4.27_2.4.27-6_i386.deb (8K)
but I don't really know what to do with it either.
I do have kernel-package installed.
As far as I can tell, the latest testing kernel image for Pentium is:
kernel-image-2.4.27-1-586tsc_2.4.27-6_i386.deb (11.5M)
What commands do I need to issue in order to generate a .deb that is _identical_ to that? I assume I have to use make-kpkg, and it probably depends on the precise version of the compiler.
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Rossc.
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