Redhat 9.0 /usr/src/linux-2.4.x won't compile

[Tom Marinis]

James McDonald wrote:
> RedHatters,
> 
> I have installed RH9.0 and the kernel-source*.rpm
> 
> When I  cd into /usr/src/linux-2.4.x and run make oldconfig or cp
> /boot/config-2.4.x to /usr/src/linux-2.4.x/.config use `make xconfig' to
> add ntfs filesystem support and run `make dep bzImage modules' It fails
> every time with compile errors
> 
> However downloading the latest 2.4.22 source and compiling it using the
> /boot/config-2.4.x file with just ntfs support enabled works.
> 
> Can anyone tell me if they have successfully compiled the default RH
> source or is it just there to add 30MB+ to the system?

Have you installed the RH supplied kernel headers?

As I recall, RH doesn't install them on install, you
have to do by hand.  I can't remember if their in the
first installation CD, or the Source CD's.


HTH.