Re: RH 9 kernel compile error

[Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>]

Eric Wood wrote:
> Sorry for the newbie question.
> I'm trying some new megaraid drivers so I have to recompile.  For RH9, in
> the /usr/src/linux-2.4/ directory, I used:
> 
> # cp configs/kernel-2.4.20-i686.config .config
> # make rpm
> 
> During the recompile I get an error:
> I have 2.4.20-18.9 and 2.4.20-6 installed and get the error for both
> versions. Any ideas?
> -eric wood

Try doing a make mrproper or make clean first.  That has helped
me compile redhat kernels.  After mrproper, have to copy the .config
again, make menuconfig (or maybe oldconfig would work),
then: make dep bzImage modules

I have never used rpm target...but I imagine it works :)

Ben


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