On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 20:38, Matthew Sackman wrote:
> 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.
>
it's a laptop, 2 1/2 inch ide drive........?????!!!!
> 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.
>
I'm with you on that brother...
> 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.
>
it's a 2 floppy distro of debian ;-) cut down....to the max.
> Good luck.
>
Thanks matt!
> (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...)
>
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> Matthew
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