Re: Compiling kernel on a different computer

[Paul E Condon <pecondon@peakpeak.com>]

> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 at 12:04 GMT, Piers Kittel penned:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I've got an ancient 486 which needs its kernel recompiled, but it is
> > extremely slow, and the hard drive isn't big enough - and I think it's
> > possible to recompile the kernel on my main PC and transfer the kernel
> > and modules over - how to do this?
> > 
> > Thanks very much for your help in advance
> > 

In normal operation, the kernel-package scripts figure out what architecture
to compile for by looking at things like uname (don't remember exactly), but
this behavior can be overridden. Look at the make-kpkg man page.

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Paul E Condon           
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