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Article #783Re: newbie: kernal compression errors
From: Clifford Eugene Smith
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00
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You need to rm -rf /usr/src/linux before untarring the new kernel. You
probably untarred right over the old one didn't you? :) I know because I
made the same mistake with an older kernel.
Hope this helps
--Buddy Smith
Kevin Jude (gt2776b@acmez.gatech.edu) wrote:
: So, like the subject says, I'm a newbie compiling my first kernel
: (2.2.0). I think I did everything right, but when it came time for me
: to compress the kernel (make zImage) it ran through everything and finished
: up with this:
: gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/include -Wall
: -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -D__SMP__ -pipe
: -fno-strength-reduce -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2
: -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686 -c -o checksum.o checksum.c
: checksum.c:200: redefinition of `csum_partial_copy'
: checksum.c:105: `csum_partial_copy' previously defined here
: {standard input}: Assembler messages:
: {standard input}:188: Fatal error: Symbol csum_partial_copy already
: defined.
: make[2]: *** [checksum.o] Error 1
: make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/arch/i386/lib'
: make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
: make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/arch/i386/lib'
: make: *** [_dir_arch/i386/lib] Error 2
: It doesn't mean much to me; can anyone tell me what the problem might
: be, or how I can figure it out myself?
: TIA
: --
: -Kevin Jude
: "Smart people usually don't have to do the experiments.
: They just sit there and guess and win Nobel Prizes." --ZJZ
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 115a30,cb32edc167c8bb0a X-Google-Attributes: gid115a30,public X-Google-Thread: f9b51,cb32edc167c8bb0a X-Google-Attributes: gidf9b51,public From: gte160h@acmey.gatech.edu (Clifford Eugene Smith) Subject: Re: newbie: kernal compression errors Date: 1999/04/01 Message-ID: <7dvrho$dn4@catapult.gatech.edu> X-Deja-AN: 461558376 References: <7dukkv$9cr@catapult.gatech.edu> Followup-To: comp.os.linux.setup,git.unix.linux Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup,git.unix.linux