Re: Compiling the Kernel

[Alex Yukhimets <aqy6633@acf5.nyu.edu>]

> I'm compiling the kernel for the first time a having some problems,
> 
> Avery thing up to the " make zImage ", it works to the end and then has 
> some error msg's:
> 
> the last few lines are:
> 
> as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsec.s
> Make[1]: as86: Command not found
> Make[1]: *** [bootsec.o] Error127
> Make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux/i386/boot 
> Make[1]: *** [zImage] Error 2
> 
> Then stops.
> 
> All rest of the before these step worked fine.
> 
> I know that it trying to find the file or script for bootsec.o, but it is 
> not in the /usr/src/linux/i386/boot dir, the bootsec.s is though.

You guess is wrong. It cannot find as86 program which will _produce_ .o
file. To have this program on your system you would have to install
"bin86" package from devel.

Alex Y.

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