Re: Error when building custom kernel

[Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu>]

*- On 13 Sep, David Kanter wrote about "Error when building custom kernel"
> I followed all the directions for making a custom kernel the debian way. When I get to the "make-kpkg" part, everything works fine until I get this error:
> 
> make[2]: as86: Command not found
> make[2]: *** [bbootsect.o] Error 127
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.36/arch/i386/boot'
> make[1]: *** [bzImage] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.36'
> make: *** [build] Error 2
> 
> What is going on? I tried making a new kernel the traditional way, with make clean, make dep, and make zImage, but I get the same error. At any rate, I get no new image file. Any help?
> 


You need to install the bin86 package.

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