Subject: Re: close to giving up on YDL 2
From: Aake Svensson (aakesve@algonet.se)
Date: Mon Aug 13 2001 - 12:45:43 MDT
Thanks a lot! I'll try and download it now!
Regards,
Ake Svensson
>Ake,
>
>The other day, Dan gave this link for the kernel:
>
>http://www.terraplex.com/~dburcaw/kernel-2.4.8/
>
>... otherwise you could build your own using a 2.4.7 source from kernel.org.
>The issue of "well roundedness" essentially means that a lot of the options
>have been selected - including many you probably do not need.
>
>If you already have a YDL 2.4.x kernel source installed, you can, from the
>kernel source directory do "make menuconfig" and then choose the last menu
>option to save the kernel configuration to a file. You can then get the new
>kernel and load your saved configuration into it. You should check through
>the config options and add anything you need.
>
>Build the kernel with make dep; make; make modules; make modules_install and
>then copy the vmlinux and System.map files to /boot. If you're using BootX
>you also need to copy the vmlinux file to the Linux kernels folder within
>the System folder on the MacOS boot drive.
>
> Iain
>
>
>
>on 13/8/01 5:43 am, Aake Svensson at aakesve@algonet.se wrote:
>
>> After beeing able to succesfully install the complete install from
>> the install CD (without caffeine) i'd like to try updating the kernel
>> as well (getting bolder). Is there anyway to download this well
>> rounded-kernel? I tried the ftp but it isn't available anymore.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Åke Svensson, Linux Newbie, Sweden
>>
>>
>>> The -3b revision available at:
>>> ftp://ftp.terraplex.com/pub/users/dburcaw/kernel-2.4.4-3b/
>>> is a much more well-rounded kernel build. I suggest you
>>> give it a try.
>>>
>>> On Wednesday 08 August 2001 10:54, you wrote:
>>>> The other replies to this post seem to focus on ppp and eth0, which would
>>>> be useless to you if ttyS0 does not exist. I know because I am having an
>>>> identical problem with the stock 2.4.4-1asmp kernel. Perhaps TerraSoft did
>>>> not compile support for /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/usb/lp0 into the 2.4
>>>>kernels???
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Dan Burcaw
>>> Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
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