rebuilding kernel for the first time

[Barb Ebel]

Oh sure, and how much does that cost?  Remember I'm a poor college student
who's just thrown away $30 that could have been spent on ramen.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel R . Kilbourne" <drk@voyager.net>
To: "Ben Pfaff" <pfaffben@msu.edu>
Cc: "Barb Ebel" <ebelbarb@msu.edu>; <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: rebuilding kernel for the first time


: Or do the following simple fix for all RedHat versions:
:
: open the CD-ROM drawer
: insert FreeBSD 4.1 disk
: Reboot and follow directions
:
: this will solve many issues associated with RedHat
:
:
: :)
:
:
: Ben Pfaff extolled:
: > "Barb Ebel" <ebelbarb@msu.edu> writes:
: >
: > > I've just installed Redhat 7.0 and I'm trying to rebuild the kernel
just for
: > > the experience, but I keep getting error messages that I don't
understand.
: > > I'd really appreciate if someone would cruise on over to
: > > http://www.msu.edu/user/ebelbarb/compile.html and see what I'm doing
wrong.
: >
: > Make sure that this is a "fresh" kernel tree.  Save the contents
: > of .config somewhere, run "make mrproper", then restore .config
: > and re-run the compile.  The errors you received tend to indicate
: > (to me, and I'm not a kernel expert) that the configuration was
: > changed from SMP to UP, or vice versa, without properly cleaning
: > up the effects of that change.
: > --
: > Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human.  At best he
: > is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe and not
: > make messes in the house.
: >                 -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love"
: >
: >
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