Re: how do I compile a kernel image for 486, not pentium?

[Seneca <seneca-cunningham@rogers.com>]

On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 08:48:23PM -0500, Drew Cohan wrote:
[steps used moved to bottom]
> My 486 complains that the image was compiled for Pentium+ and halts.
> How do I tell it to compile for my 486 laptop?

See this modified list of steps:

>   0) read the documentation that came with kernel-package
>   1) unpack the source tarball that is installed
>   2) enter into its directory
>   3) make menuconfig
>   4) select your options

      4a) select "Processor type and features"
      4b) select "Processor family"
      4c) select "486"
 
>   5) make-kpkg clean
>   6) make-kpkg --revision=foo kernel_image
>   7) install the new kernel-image package
>   8) reboot

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Seneca
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