On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 07:06:05PM +0100, Lee wrote:
> Could somebody please compile me a debian 2.4.17 kernel, with
> coprocessor support and math emulation.I will buy them an icecream if
> they do. or is it the fact the you just can't get math dx emulation on
> 2.4.17 kernels?
>
> I'd do it myself but I don't have a working debian system :-(
Um, there's nothing special about the debian kernels. I would suggest
that you take the hdd out, plonk it in another machine and then install
on that. Then once the hdd is loaded with a base system, plonk on it a
correct kernel and move the hdd across.
This must be a 486SX you're on here: make menuconfig says:
486DX and Pentium processors have
a math coprocessor built in, 486SX and 386 do not, unless you added
a 487DX or 387, respectively.
Hmm. I don't know what options the install CDs have. I would have
thought that at least some of the 2.2 kernels in the install set should
support it. Check the options: I know that the new install CDs have a
number of kernels that you should be able to choose from, and I'm sure
that the kernel configs for those kernels are published: you should be
able to find what they were compiled with with a little digging.
Good luck.
(The problem is that even if I do compile and send a suitable kernel
then it's pretty damn difficult to "update" the install CD with your own
image: I've tried it...)
Matthew
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