what compiler are you using? what optimization do you have the kernel set to?
nate On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, [iso-8859-1] Jos? Luis G?mez Dans wrote: j.l.go >Dear all, j.l.go > I have an Athlon 550 MHz system in which I installed Potato. j.l.go >It's all good with the installation boot disks and all that. The only j.l.go >problem comes when trying to compile a new kernel other than the one j.l.go >that came with the distro. So I downloaded the sources for 2.2.14 and j.l.go >configured it (I can provide you with the Makefile, I won't send it to j.l.go >the list so as not to clutter it). It's a pretty easy system: normal j.l.go >EIDE hard drive, CD-ROM, serial mouse, keyboard and an ESS Solo1 j.l.go >soundcard. I don't even need networked filesystems (at least not for the j.l.go >time being), so all there is is some network support (I use this as a j.l.go >workstatio from which I read mail and news, and browse the web). Most of j.l.go >the stuff is located as modules, with kmod support and all that. Oh, and j.l.go >there's also a RealTek 8139 PCI network card. j.l.go > j.l.go > After compiling a number of kernels (both using and not using j.l.go >kernel-package), I always have to restore to a bootdisk I created with j.l.go >the installation's default kernel. Basically, I get loads of different j.l.go >errors: from CRC errors when decompressing the kernel (!) to dodgy j.l.go >pointr assignments and stuff that outputs tons of debugging information. j.l.go >I get kernel panics and stuff like that. j.l.go > j.l.go > Obviously, I am missing some kernel option here which is causing j.l.go >all these problems. I don't really know where the problem lies, and I j.l.go >don't know where to look in order to sort it out. Does anyone have any j.l.go >suggestions? I suppose I could go on using the default kernel, but I j.l.go >find it annoying not knowing what's going on here! j.l.go > j.l.go > Thanks, j.l.go > Jos? j.l.go >-- j.l.go >Jos? L G?mez Dans PhD student j.l.go > Radar & Communications Group j.l.go > Department of Electronic Engineering j.l.go > University of Sheffield UK j.l.go > j.l.go > j.l.go >-- j.l.go >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null j.l.go > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 7:28am up 153 days, 19:33, 1 user, load average: 1.65, 1.66, 1.59
