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- From: mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh)
- Subject: Re: Problems while booting with new Kernel
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.025829.2130@tc.cornell.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 02:58:29 GMT
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- In article <6-PCNews-124beta@alpha.saar.de> georg@alpha.saar.de (Georg Edelmann) writes:
- >Hello experienced Linuxers,
- >
- >the beginning of this week I got my first Linux version (0.98p5).
- >After some minor installation problems, it's time for me to rebuild
- >the Kernel. I did the following :
- >- read the README
- >- make a new .config File with "make config"
- >- generate new dependencies with "make dep"
- > ("make clean" was not necessary after the first try)
- >- rebuild Image with "make disk"
- >
- >Oh, happy day - everything worked fine (only my damned 486 needs
- >more RAM - the make lasts for 45 minutes).
- >Only a small problem is left :
- >
- > I can't boot with the new generates floppy. :-(
-
-
- You MUST edit the /usr/src/linux/Makefile AS IT SAYS in the README file there.
- You must edit this file; configuration doesn't do everything; it doesn't
- set your ROOT_DEV, keyboard, or anything like that.
-
- mdw
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- Matt Welsh mdw@tc.cornell.edu Cornell Theory Center
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