Re: Unstable kernel question
> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 08:43:23 -0700 (MST)
> From: Rick Macdonald <rickmacd@home.com>
> To: aphro <nate@firetrail.com>
> cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Unstable kernel question
> Message-ID: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.4.10.10002080840370.9872-100000@timshel>
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> On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, aphro wrote:
>
> > also check the compiler you are using (gcc -v) it is reccomended to use
> > 2.7.2.3 when compiling a kernel, although there is some reports of success
> > with egcs 1.1 and very few success reports using egcs 2.95.
>
> I wonder if this is my problem? I just built 2.2.14 on potato, but it
> fails to boot. It just hangs after saying "OK, boot kernel now". I built
> it with 2.95. Maybe I'll see if the gcc272 package can co-exist with the
> gcc (2.95) package. Then, one would need to tell the kernel make which
> compiler to use.
>
> ...RickM...
I build 2.2.14 on my potato/slink hybrid with gcc(2.95), and it boots
without any problems. I updated gcc in December, along with a whole slew
of packages, pointing apt-get at potato. Everything runs fine, no
unexplained/unexpected problems at all.
-Paul
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