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

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, James McDonald wrote:
> 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.

It might help us to help you if you actually provided the errors you're
experiencing so that we werent' fumbling in the dark trying to diagnose a
problem that has no symptoms.

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