Try using
./configure --host==i386-unknown-Linux
The first field (i386) is your processor type
The second field (unknown) is your manufacturer (sony, dec, etc). (can be
unknown)
The third field is your operating system (bsd, Linux)
For the exact spelling of any of the fields, be aware that configure runs a
small program which probes around and then comes up with an (intelligent)
guess at the values of these fields.
This programs is config.guess and basically uses the information given by
the system command uname -s, uname -h, uname -v. This program is in your
build directory and is a shell script which can be inspected with an editor.
If your uname does not give reasonable values, then the use of the --host=
argument sidesteps this issue.
> First I want to thank everyone who answered my pervious questions.
>They
>were very informative.
>
>I ran into a problem on one of the RedHat Linux machines getting a message
>"cannot guess host system type"
>
>I'm guessing it can not determine what type of platform the computer is
>running on, it is a Pentium200MMX (i386),
>how can I force the installation to proceed ? I believe that I would
>need to modify the "configure" file, but where in the file and how I'm not
>sure. If anyone can give me some tip that would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
