this isn't really a solution to compiling the kernel but more just a question about a different alternative.
why not just rpm the kernel? the latest, greatest kenel for mandrake can be aquired at http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=kernel. i used to compile my own kernel for the same reason ... there were modules i wanted that required me to compile the kernel. the result was always a to fight to get everything working correctly. once i found mandrake, i found that they compiled the kernel in a very modular fasion and with every module i could possible want or need. all i have to do is load the module. i mean, we trust mandrake ... right? i personally would not presume to believe i could build a better, more efficient or secure kernel than they can. this is their job ... they are banking their entire livelyhood on this. if they screw me, there are plent of other distro's willing to pick up my support and i believe they know it. additionally, mandrake takes linux and creates a distro that functions in a certain way based around linux ... which is basically the kernel and it's modules. what's wrong with rpm'ing the latest, greatest kernel and it's modules and leaving the system the way they designed it? -- quintin holmberg On Wed, 2001-10-31 at 06:14, kons Richard Bown wrote: > Hi all, > I apologise if an aswer to the prob has been posted in the last few > days, but my isp has turned his webmail server off. > Ive now subscribed directly from work > > > this only applies to 2.4 kernels not 2.2 > > I'm not the only person to get this problem, ie the kernel compiles , > but not the modules. > I'm getting this on both 2.4.8-26mdk and 2.4.12-5mdk. > Using gcc2.96 and egcs installed , I've been imformed gcc3 is not to be > used. > > Whats the secret please to get the modules to compile ?, the main reason > for moving to a later kernel is hopefully a supermount function that > works.I also need to compile in the ax25 utils. > > TIA > > -- > Richard Bown > Ericsson Microwave Systems AB > SE-431 84 Mölndal > e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > tel +46 31 74 72422 > mobile +46 7098 72422 > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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