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- From: rwb@Turing.ORG (Robert W. Bingler)
- Subject: Help compiling new kernel?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.231503.7636@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU
- Organization: The Turing Project, Charlottesville Virginia.
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 23:15:03 GMT
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- Hey,
- I am in need of some help compiling a new kernel. I
- currently boot from a floppy using my hard drive as root. I
- want to recompile to optimize for my 486. In the Makefile in
- /usr/src/linux I assume the ROOT_DEV option should be set for
- my linux partition. I then should comment out the math
- emulation option. I think I am supposed to add -486 to the
- CFLAGS option next. Am I right so far?
- I am unclear as to where to go from here. I know that
- there are many Makefiles in the source. Will someone please
- give me a crashcourse as to what I should be using.
- Once I get it compiled, what should I do as to boot up
- into my new kernel.
- I have some ideas on some of these questions, but I
- don't want to make a wrong guess and mess something up.
- Thanks for any Help,
- Rob
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