Re: installing new kernel

[ronin2@bellatlantic.net]

On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:50:33 -0800 (PST)
"nate" <debian-user@aphroland.org> wrote:

> doesn't need it unless he's not on x86 ....but it looks like
> the 2.4.x doesn't use it either. Most of my systems are 2.2.x
> and 2.2.x requires it.
> 
> I've always needed bin86 to compile. I just recompiled again to be
> sure and it is used:
> 
> [root@aphro:/usr/src/linux]# grep -i as86 make.log
> as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s
> as86 -0 -a -o bsetup.o bsetup.s

Thanks, Nate. I need to check that out some more. I've been compiling
2.4.x happily without bin86. The last time I remember using it was to
compile on a 486.

I tried to get 2.2.19 so I could figure out what's going on, but it's
not in stable anymore. So I'm unpacking 2.2.22.

Is it your understanding that the kernel source requires bin86, or that
the machine you're on requires it?

Kevin