Thank you for the information. I'm now running an SMP kernel-image from one of the debian security update mirrors, so apparantly someone else was able to get it to work: Linux version 2.2.22 (herbert@escher) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)) #1 SMP It turns out that none of the pre-built kernel-images from Debian 2.4.18* (generic or SMP) are able to see my IDE drive, as they all complain about IDE driver and SCSI driver PCI conflicts (same system works with 2.2.22 generic & SMP). I'll pass on compiling my own kernel for a while, at least until I find out how to solve the missing IDE drives. Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: Helge Kreutzmann [mailto:kreutzm@itp.uni-hannover.de] > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 4:48 AM > To: Cernese, Dan > Cc: debian-alpha@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Recommendation for kernel/compiler versions on CS20? > > Hello, > On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 01:02:21PM -0400, Cernese, Dan wrote: > > I was just given a couple DS20L(CS20), but I cannot seem to get any > > version of the kernel to compile that doesn't panic trying > to mount the root fs. > > > > For now, I'm running a pre-packaged 2.2.20-generic > (20021219) 3.0r1 'woody', and gcc 2.95.4. I've tried to build (2.2.20, 2.2.22) > without SMP to avoid what I've seen about SMP issues, but no luck. > > We never got to compile an SMP kernel with gcc 2.9x, we have/had to > use gcc 3.x. UP kernels, though, worked. Maybe it is a good idea set > up a chroot with e.g. a minimal testing environment and compile a > kernel (e.g. a 2.4.x-kernel) there. > > Greetings > > Helge > > > -- > Helge Kreutzmann, Dipl.-Phys. > Helge.Kreutzmann@itp.uni-hannover.de > gpg signed mail preferred gpg-key: finger > kreutzm@zibal.itp.uni-hannover.de > 64bit GNU powered > http://www.itp.uni-hannover.de/~kreutzm > Help keep free software "libre": http://www.freepatents.org/ >
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