Many errors in compile

kwispy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 82

I'm kinda new at gentoo linux but i've gotten as far as compiling the kernel with the help of a friend. But the kernel doesn't seem right since it doesn't boot at all and it just says in LILO,
Loading Linux....................
BIOS data check

But back to the compiling.
There are plenty of errors during the process:

kwispy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 82

To follow up on the first part where i talk about the booting with LILO, after it displays BIOS data check, it then reboots where, if left untouched, would continue in a reboot loop.

cyrillic · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 2:13 am Post subject:

Compiling a kernel for the wrong CPU type can cause it to reboot as soon as the kernel starts.
I noticed -march=i686 in your compiler output. It should be -march=k6-3 or -march=i586 for your CPU.

kwispy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 82

That's weird, because in make.conf, it says:

kwispy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 82

Even after changing make.conf to -march=k6-3, compiling still has i686.

cyrillic · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 2:55 am Post subject:

/etc/make.conf settings affect everything except your kernel.
The kernel has its own settings in "make menuconfig"

kwispy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 82

I can't find (K6/K6-II/K6-III) Processor family under Processor type and features ---> or anywhere else. Nothing about K6's in any other menu.

cyrillic · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 3:10 am Post subject:

It is on the first line, and it probably says :

kwispy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 82

oooh jeez, i didn't even know that was a menu. hehe.

Thanks alot for your time.