Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 20:56:30 -0500 (CDT) From: Cary <scattered@babel.acu.edu> To: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: compiling Linux on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10104042055160.31381-100000@babel.acu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010404184442.B17459@cec.wustl.edu>
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Thanks for the reply. I'll keep this in mind. I was trying to avoid compling the newest kernel on a 486, but if I must, I must. Thank you again. Cary Mathews Abilene Christian University ACM Education Committee On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Andrew Hesford wrote: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 06:15:35PM -0500, Cary wrote: > > Please don't flame me, but I would like to try out the new Linux kernel on > > one of my older 486s. I would like to be able to compile the kernel on my > > dual processor machine and then transfer it to the 486. Has anyone else > > done this or attempted it? Any pointers available? TIA. > > > > Cary Mathews > > > > Abilene Christian University > > ACM Education Committee > > Configure it, and try to compile it. You will get a failure because the > kernel is looking for some executable, genksysms I think, that does > god-knows-what on Linux. I've never tried to run this binary under > FreeBSD, but you definitely need it to build a kernel. > -- > Andrew Hesford > ajh3@chmod.ath.cx > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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