Re: boot error in 2.2.1

Nat Lanza (magus@cs.cmu.edu)
09 Feb 1999 17:55:46 -0500


dunno <dunno@hyperion.freelsd.org> writes:

> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'gcc
> -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -E -D__BIG_KERNEL__
> -traditional-DSVGA_MODE=NORMAL_VGA bootsect.S -o bbootsect.sas86 -0 -a -o
> bbootsect.o bbootsect.smake[1]: as86: Command not foundmake[1]: ***
> [bbootsect.o] Error 127make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'make: *** [bzImage] Error 2
>
> this is what i got when i tried to compile 2.2.1 on redhat 5.2.. any help?

You don't have as86 installed, as the "as86: command not found" error
says. In RedHat 5.2, this is part of the bin86 RPM, so you should
probably install bin86-0.4-5 and try again.

--nat

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