🚀 go-pugleaf

J. J. Horner wrote:

> M. Buchenrieder wrote in message ...
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> :Andrew Hood <ajhood@fl.net.au> writes:
> :
> :[lots of how-to-create-your-own-kernel-stuff deleted]
> :
> :>J. J. Horner wrote:
> :
> :
> :>>
> :>> I call BS on your 'old hat' statement.  I just recently installed Redhat
> :>> 5.0.  Fresh install with all of the trimmings.  I have yet to be able to
> :>> compile a kernel that works.  If you will look at my many earlier
> postings
> :>> requesting help (most of which no one is smart enough to answer,
> apparently)
> :>> you will see my problem.  Look at the message title 'test of your little
> :>> nirvana"  it lists my problems which no one can fix.
> :
> :Seen it. You probably do have a hardware problem.
> :
> :>>
> :>> If I sound bitter, I am.  I bought Linux because someone told me it was
> a
> :>> good OS.
> :
> :..which is the undoubtable truth.
> :
> :It is, however, a different world.
> :
> :>> As yet, I have found nothing in it to prove that or make me want
> :>> to abandon win95.
> :
> :Well, it is NOT a replacement for Win95 if all you need is to run
> :Win95-specific software. If , however, you do need a robust and high-end
> :server OS at an unbeatable price, it is what you have been looking for.
> :
> :>> As far as I am concerned, Linus Torvald should have never
> :>> started this little project.
> :
> :Nice try, but this kind of argumentation won't give you much sympathy
> :from anyone, be it Linux-hater or not. You start looking like a troll.
> :If all you want to do is to start another flamebait, try col.advocacy .
> :
> :>> It was an enormous waste of time.  I can't
> :>> even get my kernel to compile right.  I don't see how anyone else is
> using
> :>> it.
> :
> :[...]
> :
> :You probably have a hardware problem. If the compilation fails with
> :"cc got fatal signal 11" or similar, go to
> :
> :http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11
> :
> :and read about the most likely reasons for this sort of errors.
> :In Win95, you would have seen a BSOD much earlier. In Linux, the
> :system keeps running fine. That's one of the differences.
> :
> :Yes, the setup is sometimes painful, especially if your local setup is
> :rather unusual. But please keep in mind that most of the software
> :has been written by volunteers . That doesn't mean that their drivers
> :are worse than those of a commercial software enterprise, but it results
> :in certain limitations towards the number of possible hardware setups
> :the driver had been tested against. If you have bought a Linux
> distribution,
> :try contacting the distributor's support division first. If this fails,
> :try asking the folks here in comp.os.linux.* .
> :
> :Now either show us a detailed error message and a system description,
> :or please leave out the col.* groups from your crossposting lists.
> :
> :Michael
> :--
> :   Michael Buchenrieder * mibu@scrum.muc.de / mibu@scrum.greenie.muc.de
> :**************************************************************************
> :Satellite Safety Tip #4:
> : If you see a bright streak in the sky coming at you, duck.
>
> Finally, I got something working.  I reinstalled Redhat 5.0 and it works
> this time.  Although I did nothing differently, except use 'make config'
> insted of 'make menuconfig'.  I recompiled with PPP support and sound
> support (modular) and they work.  Although I can dial out with my modem, I
> don't usually connect (I get the 'NO CARRIER' error with minicom).  But I
> can figure this out.  It is only when things don't work like the How-Tos say
> they should that I get frustrated and bitter.  Also, is it possible to get
> ppa support without having to run insmod?  I have it selected to be in the
> kernel (not modular), but I still have to run insmod before I can mount a
> zip disk.  Also, how do I set up my system to read two cdroms. mnt/cdrom
> will only allow one cdrom.  Can I mount it like this 'mount -t iso9660
> /dev/hdc /cd1' and 'mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /cd2'?
>
> Thanks for all of the help.  I apologize for the abusive nature of my last
> posts.
>
> Thanks,
> JJ
>
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I agree totally with this replyafter running linux slackware successfully for
several years and recompiling kernels on everything from a 386sx with 4meg (very
slowly) to a Pentium 166, I recently came across the sig 11 fault and at other
times different faults on compile.  The machine in question was a poorly cooled
KTX notebook with a Cyrix chip and had a bad case of overheating.
Put it in front of an aircon on full no more probs <grin>
check your hardware first.  95 doesnt push your hardware anywhere to the
extremes linux does in a compile, because 95 is not meant as a real os.  My
suggestion is to try an old 486 with lotsa ram or stick ur machine somewhere
real cold.It might solve your problem.  I hear Antarctica is fairly chilly
<grin>
Tony