[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Kernel Config Questions

[Steve and Daphne Martindell]

Kyle Davenport wrote:

>A word of warning.   I've been compiling my own kernels since '94 (hundreds
>of times now, probably) so I jumped into RH 8.0 expecting the same easy
>method.  Even following RedHat's own kernel compile instructions with their
>rpm's, I could not even get it to compile.   Giving up on that,  I
>downloaded the official kernel and compiled that, but it wouldn't even boot
>(failing to mount filesystems - and , yes, I had correctly configured those
>settings in my make xconfig. )
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>So for now, I am still at a loss as to what's going on.   Hope it's just
>something silly, like RH8 disabling dma on CD/DVD's.
>
>Kyle
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Yes, similar experiences with SuSe kernel compile.
I had to manually go into the source code listings to correct typo-errors.
After painstakingly correct these errors, then it compile.