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

[James McDonald]

Tom Marinis wrote:

> 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.
>
To be honest with you I don't understand what you mean by kernel headers????

if you mean the stuff that is located (symlinked back to the source) in 
the following dir yes it's there
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/build/

if you don't, then please explain after 4 yrs I am still a newbie sometimes.


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