Re: Problem with Kernal Source 2.0.27_1.00

1996-12-16 Thread Paul Christenson
On Sat, 14 Dec 1996, J. Ramos Goncalves wrote: > Proceed like this: > > cp /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.27/arch/i386/boot/zImage /boot/linux-2.0.27 > cp /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.27/System.map /boot/System.map-2.0.27 > ln -s /boot/linux-2.0.27 /vmlinuz > ln -s /boot/System.map-2.0.27 /System.map

Re: Problem with Kernal Source 2.0.27_1.00

1996-12-14 Thread David Puryear
Hi Alexander, You wrote: > Now it works! :-) > > Thanks. I think that a good thing would be, for beginners like > me, a command "help" to do in prompt, like that of MSDOS, > but without those cryptographic "technical aspects". Something > more clean than man or info, like "ls do this, man d

Re: Problem with Kernal Source 2.0.27_1.00

1996-12-14 Thread Alexander Gieg
> > Hi. I don't know about this, but i'm with problems in making > > the kernel I compiled to work. All the compilation and linking > > is ok. I've used the sequence: > > > > make menuconfig > > make dep > > make zImage > > make modules > > make modules_install > > You should

Re: Problem with Kernal Source 2.0.27_1.00

1996-12-14 Thread Vatiainen Heikki
There's a separate package that contains as86. The package is bin86 and can be found from section devel. Here's the description: Assembler and loader for kernel compilation. In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>you write: > kernal. I get most of the way through the make zImage phase and

Re: Problem with Kernal Source 2.0.27_1.00

1996-12-14 Thread Kevin Dalley
Installing a custom kernel following the direction in: /usr/doc/kernel-source-2.0.27/debian.README.gz but before you do this, you need to apply the patch described in Bug #5659. Unfortunately, this fix didn't get into the Debian-1.1 release. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO U

Re: Problem with Kernal Source 2.0.27_1.00

1996-12-14 Thread J. Ramos Goncalves
On Sat, 14 Dec 1996, Alexander Gieg wrote: > > Hi. I don't know about this, but i'm with problems in making > the kernel I compiled to work. All the compilation and linking > is ok. I've used the sequence: > > make menuconfig > make dep > make zImage > make modules >

Re: Problem with Kernal Source 2.0.27_1.00

1996-12-14 Thread Alexander Gieg
> I am in the process of setting up my machine to run debian, > everything has been running reasonably well until now. I downloaded > the kernal-source-2.0.27_1.00.deb and attempted to compile a custom > kernal. I get most of the way through the make zImage phase and the > process stops with

Re: Problem with Kernal Source 2.0.27_1.00

1996-12-14 Thread Bruce Perens
Nope, "as86" is the wrong one. Install the "binutils" package, and you'll get "as". You also need as86 for other things, but unless I'm mistaken it's used only to assemble 16-bit code like boot sectors. Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public

Problem with Kernal Source 2.0.27_1.00

1996-12-14 Thread Rob MacWilliams
I am in the process of setting up my machine to run debian, everything has been running reasonably well until now. I downloaded the kernal-source-2.0.27_1.00.deb and attempted to compile a custom kernal. I get most of the way through the make zImage phase and the process stops with the follo