Successful install, XFree86 failure, make menuconfig failed

[billbar]

Following the XFree86 (which I'll pursue in a later post) I wanted to review the parameters used in first compiling the kernel.

Here is my screen at this point:
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~root # cd /usr/src/linux
~linux # ls
COPYING RULES.Make gentoocfg030605 mm
CREDITS System.map gentoocfg030605.old net
Documentation arch include scripts
MAINTAINERS drivers init vmlinux
Makefile fs ipc
README gentoocfg030506 kernel
Reporting-Bugs gentoocfg030506.old lib
~linux # make menuconfig
rm-f include/asm
( cd include; ln -sf asm -i386 asm )
make -C scripts/lxdialog all
make[1]: Entering directory 'usr/src/linux-2.4.20/scripts/lxdialog'
make[1]: stat:inputbox.o Input/output error
gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -02 -fomit-frame-pointer-DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOCS="ncurses.h>" -c -o inputbox.o inputbox.c
Assembler messages:
Fatal: can't create inputbox.o: Input/output error
make[1]: *** [inputbox.o] error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory 'usr/src/linux-2.4.20/scripts/lxdialog'
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
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Seems like I have to find out what is happening here before I can go back to the Xfree problem.

Thanks for your help,

Bill Barnes

[rojaro]

try the following commands ...

[billbar]

Thanks. That enabled a run of 'make menuconfig'.