Re: Installing kernel 2.4

From: Bruce_Holzrichter@infinium.com
Date: Tue Nov 07 2000 - 17:49:10 EST


I don't know about you, but I like having the option to cut out code from
my kernel that will never get used for a particular cpu arch.....;o)

Or was that just a troll ;o)
----- Forwarded by Bruce Holzrichter/US/Infinium Software on 11/07/2000
05:46 PM -----
                                                                                                 
                    "Jeff V. Merkey"
                    <jmerkey@timpanogas.org> To: Martin Josefsson
                    Sent by: <gandalf@wlug.westbo.se>
                    linux-kernel-owner@vger. cc: Tigran Aivazian
                    kernel.org <tigran@veritas.com>, Anil kumar
                                                    <anils_r@yahoo.com>,
                                                    linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
                    11/07/2000 05:32 PM Subject: Re: Installing kernel 2.4
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 

So how come NetWare and NT can detect this at run time, and we have to
use a .config option to specifiy it? Come on guys.....

Jeff

Martin Josefsson wrote:
>
> On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Anil kumar wrote:
> > > The system hangs after messages:
> > > loading linux......
> > > uncompressing linux, booting linux kernel OK.
> > >
> > > The System hangs here.
> > >
> > > Please let me know where I am wrong
> >
> > Hi Anil,
> >
> > The only serious mistake you did was using test9 kernel when
test11-pre1
> > (or at least test10) was available. So, redo everything you have done
with
> > test11-pre1 and if you still cannot boot then send a message to this
list
> > with details like your CPUs, motherboard etc. etc.
>
> Have you chosen the right cpu type in the configuration?
>
> /Martin
>
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