Re: Compiling kernel - problems
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 at 15:17 GMT, Bill Goudie penned:
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 09:55:15PM -0000, Cruncher wrote:
>> I'm running Debian woody on a Pentium machine, installed from DVD and
>> using kernel vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4.
>>
>> I'm trying to play around with different kernel settings, so I
>> thought I start by recompiling this one. I installed kernel-package
>> and kernel-source-2.4.18.
>>
>> I go to directory /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18, and then follow the
>> instructions in various Debian documents. First one is "make dep".
>> This results in some errors which relate to hdc (my cdrom) the first
>> one being:
>>
>> hdc: read_intr: status=0x59 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest
>> Error}
>>
>> followed by various others and then the program exits with "Error
>> 135".
>
> I've read that these errors indicate something physically wrong with
> your drive. And that sometimes these errors only show up under
> significant load -- which is why you may not have seen them before.
> Check you logs anyway, maybe you'll find some.
I second this. I have an old, old cdrom drive that generally works fine
for small jobs, but will start spitting out errors similar to the OP's
during intensive procedures. For example, it freaks out when trying to
rip CDs to wav.
--
monique
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