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- To: Tor Slettnes <tor@slett.net>
- Subject: Re: Help. Trying to upgrade to hamm 2.0.36
- From: Tim Heuser <woods@gj.net>
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 21:08:41 -0700
- Message-id: <36CA40C9.1C9D38CD@gj.net>
- References: <36C6DF6A.575EA8A6@gj.net> <[🔎] 36CA1381.890DD371@gj.net> <87n22dsrsf.fsf@tor.slett.net>
Tor Slettnes wrote: > as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s > make [1]: as86: command not found > make [1]:*** [bootsect.o] Error 127 > make [1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.36/arch/i386/boot' > make:*** [zImage] Error 2 > coyote:/usr/src/linux# > > You need to install the 'bin86' package. If you have 'apt' installed, > simply type: > > apt-get install bin86 used dselect and installed it. Heh, havn't got apt working yet. > > > By the way, that would be _kernel_ revision 2.0.36, which is not the > same as Hamm 2.0.36. Hamm is the codename for Debian 2.0. Whoa! Didn't realize that. > > > By the way, instead of getting 'linux-2.0.36.tar.gz', you may want to > install the 'kernel-source-2.0.36' Debian package. That makes things > a bit easier. > > Better yet, get kernel-source-2.2.1. The 2.2 kernels give 2-3 times > as good performance as 2.0.x, among other very nice updates. Where might I find the Debian 2.2.1 kernel source? > > > Also, instead of doing all those steps listed below manually, try > using the 'make-kpkg' Debian utility. ("man make-kpkg" for details). > If you do not have it, it is in the 'kernel-package' Debian package. > > To build a kernel image, go to a kernel top-level directory, and type > something like: > > # make xconfig I assume this would be something like /usr/src/linux-2.2.1 ? > > > <configure your settings at this point> > > # make-kpkg kernel_image > # cd .. > # dpkg --install kernel-image-2.2.1_1.00_i386.deb Tim
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