Hi everybody, (If this posting is OT please accept my apology first) 1) In installing a new version of Linux-2.3.42 on RedHat 6.0, it is necessary to have gcc-2.7.0 and above. (many commands are missing in this RH box, such as 'gcc', 'make', 'patch', 'tree', etc. Also it is empty in /usr/src/linux-2.2.5 except a README.kernel-source file) I had gcc-2.8.0 complied under /gcc-2.8.0, created a directory 'objdir' in the same directory and tried following steps respectively to configure 'gcc' in the aforesaid directory. a) ./configure --host=objdir or b) ./configure --host objdir following error message prompts: check host system type... Invalid configuration 'objdir': machine : 'objdir' not recognized check target system type... Invalid configuration 'objdir': machine : 'objdir' not recognized check build system type... Invalid configuration 'objdir': machine : 'objdir' not recognized checking for gcc... no checking for cc... no configure: error: no acceptable cc. found in $PATH c) ./configure --prefix=objdir or d) ./configure --prefix objdir or e) ./configure --build=objdir or f)) ./configure --build objdir or following error message prompts: loading cache ./conf.cache checking host system type... configure: error: cannot guess host type; you must specify one Kindly advise how to proceed, any incorrect syntax 2) How to build Linux from scratch any advice and/or pointer shall be much appreciated. (This idea comes from my recent installation of apache 1.3.12 by force in RedHat 6.0 because I could not find 'htdocs' and some other subdirectories and files necessary for configuration in 'apache' directory in the said distribution, only '.so' and 'help' files found in /usr/lib/apache) Thanks in advance. Best Regards Stephen Liu -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
