unable to link 2.4.2

unable to link 2.4.2

[Pierfrancesco Caci]

Hi there, can someone please tell me what's going wrong with my
compilation of 2.4.2 ?

make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'
ld -m elf_i386 -Ttext 0x0 -s -oformat binary bbootsect.o -o bbootsect
ld: cannot open binary: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [bbootsect] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'
make[1]: *** [bzImage] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux'
make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2


root@penny:/usr/src #  . linux/scripts/ver_linux 
-- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or look
-- unusual then possibly you have very old versions)
Linux penny 2.4.1 #1 Sat Feb 3 20:43:54 CET 2001 i686 unknown
Kernel modules         2.4.2
Gnu C                  2.95.3
Gnu Make               3.79.1
Binutils               2.10.91.0.2
Linux C Library        2.2.2
Dynamic linker         ldd (GNU libc) 2.2.2
Procps                 2.0.7
Mount                  2.10s
Net-tools              2.05
Console-tools          0.2.3
Sh-utils               2.0.11
Modules Loaded         isofs loop binfmt_misc mousedev hid input nfsd microcode sg ipt_limit iptable_mangle ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat ip_conntrack ipt_LOG iptable_filter ip_tables sb sb_lib uart401 nfs ipv6 lockd sunrpc af_packet eepro100 3c509 sound soundcore isa-pnp usbcore

Thanks in advance ....

Pf


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     Linux penny 2.4.1 #1 Sat Feb 3 20:43:54 CET 2001 i686 unknown

Re: unable to link 2.4.2

[Peter Samuelson]

[Pierfrancesco Caci]
> Hi there, can someone please tell me what's going wrong with my
> compilation of 2.4.2 ?

Change '-oformat' to '--oformat' 4 places in arch/i386/boot/Makefile.

> Binutils               2.10.91.0.2

This version of binutils no longer accepts the old 'ld -oformat' form
of '--oformat'.

Peter

Re: unable to link 2.4.2

[Pierfrancesco Caci]

:-> "Peter" == Peter Samuelson <peter@cadcamlab.org> writes:

    > [Pierfrancesco Caci]
    >> Hi there, can someone please tell me what's going wrong with my
    >> compilation of 2.4.2 ?

    > Change '-oformat' to '--oformat' 4 places in arch/i386/boot/Makefile.

    >> Binutils               2.10.91.0.2

    > This version of binutils no longer accepts the old 'ld -oformat' form
    > of '--oformat'.

    > Peter

Thanks, almost at the same time as reading your reply, I spotted a
similar suggestion in a debian configuration message....
Nice to see helpful people are so frequent here, anyway.

Ciao

Pf




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     Linux penny 2.4.1 #1 Sat Feb 3 20:43:54 CET 2001 i686 unknown