Re: Error compiling kernel
On Wed, 06 Sep 2000, Eric G . Miller wrote:
> apt-get install bin86 kernel-package
>
> # cd <kernel source dir>
> # make [config | menuconfig | xconfig]
> # make-kpkg clean
> # make-kpkg --revision=[epoch:]<version> kernel_image
> # dpkg -i ../kernel-image*.deb
>
> See man make-kpkg (really is easier, and dpkg will know about your
> kernel).
>
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 09:46:06PM -0700, Gutierrez Family wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I tried to re-compile the kernel (to include generic SCSI support for
> > my scanner) and ran into problems. Here's what I did - as far as I
> > can remember (following the instructions in the README file found in
> > the kernel source directory):
> >
> > 1) logged in as root 1) ran the xconfig program and selected my
> > options 2) ran 'make dep' (from within /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.17/)
> > 2) ran 'make zImage' ( also from /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.17/) and
> > it compiled for quite a while until I got the following message:
> >
> > "nm vmlinux | grep -v '\(compiled\)\|\(\.o$\)\|\( [aU]
> > \)\|\(\.\.ng$\)\|\(LASH[RL]DI\)' | sort > System.map make[1]: Entering
> > directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.17/arch/i386/boot' as86 -0 -a -o
> > bootsect.o bootsect.s make[1]: as86: Command not found make[1]: ***
This ^^^^ is why the compile
died. Install the "bin86" package and try again.
hth,
kent
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