Linux-Mandrake actually has extremely detailed documentation on practically everything
dealing with Mandrake, including compiling and installing new kernels.
The overall Reference guide is at:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/guides71/en/mdkrefguide/index.html
And the section specifically pertaining to kernels is at:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/guides71/en/mdkrefguide/compiling.html
If you are looking for in depth explanations of anything having to do with Linux, then
The Linux Documentation Project is what you are looking for. They maintain the Linux
HOWTO's, and more in depth books on Network Administration, security, etc. If you want
to compile a kernel or know exactly what goes on in kernel creation, video cards,
monitors, databases, etc. the Linux HOWTO'S are the best source. These documents are
extremely well written and are described in fashion that any beginner, novice, and
expert can find useful. Here are a couple of mirrors for it :
http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/index.html
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html
For the HOWTO specifically dealing with kernel compilation and customization:
http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html
I hope this helps (I'm doing my first new kernel tonight),
Victor
Steven Cook wrote:
> Hi,
> This is my first post as I just subscribed, so I'm sorry if I'm going over
> old ground. I recently installed Mandrake 7.0 on a new disk in a PII 233Mhz
> machine. I am trying to learn how to install packages from a "tarball" but
> run into a problem when I try to run ./configure, it fails with the
> following error:-
>
> "checking whether C compiler (gcc) works....no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot
> create executables"
>
> I looked in the configure log and found the following, however I have no
> idea what it's trying to tell me, am I missing a file (conftest or
> conftest.c)?
>
> "This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
> running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
>
> configure:562: checking for extra includes
> configure:593: checking for extra libs
> configure:692: checking host system type
> configure:713: checking target system type
> configure:731: checking build system type
> configure:790: checking for a BSD compatible install
> configure:847: checking for -p flag to install
> configure:870: checking whether build environment is sane
> configure:908: checking whether make sets ${MAKE}
> configure:954: checking for working aclocal
> configure:967: checking for working autoconf
> configure:980: checking for working automake
> configure:993: checking for working autoheader
> configure:1006: checking for working makeinfo
> configure:1031: checking for a BSD compatible install
> configure:1125: checking for a C-Compiler
> configure:1131: checking for gcc
> configure:1237: checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works
> configure:1253: gcc -o conftest conftest.c 1>&5
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot open crt1.o: No such file or directory
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> configure: failed program was:
>
> #line 1248 "configure"
> #include "confdefs.h"
>
> main(){return(0);} "
> I'd really appreciate any help, I've already "verified" that gcc is
> installed correctly, but have no idea where to go from here!
> Thanks
> Steven Cook
