Re: Kernel Build options to get an old Pentium booting 2.4.21
On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 14:10:09 +0200, David Creelman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to rebuild a 2.4.21 kernel on an older machine that I
> have, a Pentium 90, with 24Mb RAM.
>
> It boots fine with a kernel that arrives via the boot disks, but when I
> try to boot it from my home made kernel, the hard drive light goes on
> and I can here seeking for a little while and then... nothing and it
> just sits there.
If you have a working 2.4.x kernel, you can try to use the working
configuration:
cp /boot/config-2.4.x /path/to/your/kernel/.config
cd /path/to/kernel
make oldconfig
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Regards
> David
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