RE: Error compiling kernel
I am replying to the list...having read ktb [x.y.f@home.com] 's post....just
a question...is the as86 file located in the /, /bin, /sbin , /lib
directories..if so then it explains a possible / corruption before I
attempted to compile the 2.2.17 kernel....
Patrick Cheong
Information Systems Assurance
Measat Broadcast Network Systems
e-mail: mailto:patrick_cheong@astro.com.my
Visit us at: http://www.astro.com.my
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick] [SMTP:patrick_cheong@astro.com.my]
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 1:36 PM
> To: 'Gutierrez Family'
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: Error compiling kernel
>
> Hi Gutierrez Family...(and List),
>
> Hey...I got the same error messsage too while attempting to compile the
> "patched" 2.2.17 kernel....I downloaded the patches for 2.2.16 and 2.2.17
> and applied those to my 2.2.15 source tree in /usr/src/linux (->
> /usr/src/2.2.15). I did get some error message while applying the patch
> something about reverse patch...however, I continued pressing enter until
> the end and did a make xconfig, make dep, make modules, make
> bzImage....and
> at the last step I got that error message.....I have not make
> modules_install yet.....any ideas anyone.
>
>
> Also, I trashed my / when I enabled dma via hdparm..and I have no idea how
> to recover....I ran fsck and e2fsck over the / partition and numerous
> error
> messages flashed by and the last error message said something about some
> inode gone haywire try using inode 8139 or something...which I did and
> when
> I booted into the woody box....my root (which housed /lib; /bin; /sbin;
> /tmp; etc) had numerous files/libraries missing....Can this be 'rescued'?
> If
> not, I'd have to wait for the Debian 2.2 cdroms to arrive from the States
> via Linux System Labs...
>
> Patrick Cheong
> Information Systems Assurance
> Measat Broadcast Network Systems
> e-mail: mailto:patrick_cheong@astro.com.my
> Visit us at: http://www.astro.com.my
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gutierrez Family [SMTP:gutierrez_fam@geocities.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 12:46 PM
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Error compiling kernel
> >
> > 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]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 127
> > make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.17/arch/i386/boot'
> > make: *** [zImage] Error 2
> > navi:/usr/src/linux# "
> >
> > Do you know how I can get the kernel compiled fully?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
>
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