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* Re: Problems building Kernel.
   Problems building Kernel Thomas Ward
@  ` Terry D. Cudney
   ` Geoff Shang
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Terry D. Cudney @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

Hi,

	The amount of memory is not your problem. I have built kernels on a 486-sx25 with only 4 MB RAM. It was slow, but it worked....

	We'll need more info about the specific errors that you're getting and maybe more info about your configuration to have an idea what's happening.

	--terry

You wrote:

-=> Hello, list. I have a computer here which I have been trying to build a
-=> custom kernel for, and thus far every time I have tried I get all sorts of
-=> errors, and the compilation fails.
-=> I've tried 2.2.18, and 2.4.0, and neither source would compile.
-=> I have 32 MB, and a Linux swop, but I am wondering if that is enough memory
-=> on this machine to successfully build a kernel.
-=> I've built a 2.218 kernel a while back on another machine, and it went
-=> through fine so I an wondering what could be causing the kernel to fail.
-=>
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		--terry

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* Problems building Kernel.
@  Thomas Ward
   ` Terry D. Cudney
   ` Geoff Shang
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Ward @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

Hello, list. I have a computer here which I have been trying to build a
custom kernel for, and thus far every time I have tried I get all sorts of
errors, and the compilation fails.
I've tried 2.2.18, and 2.4.0, and neither source would compile.
I have 32 MB, and a Linux swop, but I am wondering if that is enough memory
on this machine to successfully build a kernel.
I've built a 2.218 kernel a while back on another machine, and it went
through fine so I an wondering what could be causing the kernel to fail.




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* Re: Problems building Kernel.
   Problems building Kernel Thomas Ward
   ` Terry D. Cudney
@  ` Geoff Shang
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Geoff Shang @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

Hi Tom:

I've built kernels with 16MB of RAM with no trouble.  That's not your
problem.  But we'll need some more info on your problem before we can
diagnose it.

Tip:  If you're running redhat 7.0, make sure to install kgcc to compile
the kernel.

Geoff.




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