Installation fails- Please help

[smohamedfarouk]

Hello All
Unfortunately genkernel all or doing it using the manual configuration fails..............

Failed for Kernel 2.4
# make dep && make bzImage modules modules_install

Failed for For 2.6 kernel
# make && make modules_install

Really fed up think i cannot install gentoo , but te same machine had the last year version installed which i removed and tried to install the new one.

if I do genkernel for 2.6 version it came up with the bug and same for # make && make modules_install

if I do genkernel for 2.4 version it came up with the bug and same for # make dep && make bzImage modules modules_install.

when trrying to compile 2.4.26.gentoo-r9 bzImage

COMMAND: make -j2 CC =gcc LD=ld AS=as bzImage

dnsdomainname: Host Name look up failure
and gcc: internal errror: terminated prrogram cc1

make: *** [init /main.o] errrrorr 1
Gentoo linux genkernel: version 3.1.0a^[[0m
Failed to compile the bzImage Target

[TBerrang]

a) Golden rule: never touch a running system! If you have gentoo allready running, there is no need to reinstall (like other distros) to get the "latest and greatest" version of things. Just get some Internet connection and "emerge --sync" / "emerge --update world" does the trick. Even if you did a "package"-install, you can have portage to download and install the latest packages for you...

b) I don't know what architecture you are using, but perhaps this could help:
* before you try again to compile something, do a "make clean" or "make mrpropper", just to be safe.
* take a look at your linux symlink (use: "ls -l /usr/src/linux") to make sure it point _really_ to the sources you want to get compiled.
* If you like to use genkernel, emerge your kernel and then the genkernel-script. If you have to configure your genkernel (p.e. add filesystem foo),
use "genkernel --menuconfig all" (as stated in the installation-guide, if I remember correctly).
* if this all fails, try to post as much of your gcc-output as you can here, with kernel-version and architecture. Perhaps add a short description,
_what_ you did _when_, this increases the chance that someone will be able to help you better.
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[smohamedfarouk]

before you try again to compile something, do a "make clean" or "make mrpropper", just to be safe.

1. Genkernel calls mrproper always first
2. Link for source is present correctly
3. tried genkernel --menuconfig all and after this it fails and that is the response i got from the genkernel logs

when trrying to compile 2.4.26.gentoo-r9 bzImage

COMMAND: make -j2 CC =gcc LD=ld AS=as bzImage

dnsdomainname: Host Name look up failure
and gcc: internal errror: terminated prrogram cc1

make: *** [init /main.o] errrrorr 1
Gentoo linux genkernel: version 3.1.0a^[[0m
Failed to compile the bzImage Target

I am working on x86 architecture using a 486 machine which has 4gb hard disk

using live CD i burnt and wihtout a network connection.

Please help what should i do next

[Nard`]

[TBerrang]

Yes, as Nard` says, and perhaps make sure your box has the right date / time (since this tends also to produce confusing errors).
I know this sounds silly some times, but I allready spend days on setting up a server, just to figure out I misspelled a config option. .

[smohamedfarouk]

Make -j2 bzImage
it fails saying Make: *** No rule to make tarrget bzImage. Stop.
What next