Subject: Compile error

From: Chuma Agbodike <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 22:50:03 -0700

I have linux 2.0.6 running. I installed it from the kernel image I got
fro ftp.debian.org using dselect. Since it was configured for a 
different hardware setup than mine I decided to reconfigure. I got a new
kernel source 2.0.13 and unpacked it in /usr/src/linux. I also picked
up make-kpkg 2.0.3. I ran make config and satisfied my hardware setup.
Then ran: make-kpkg -r Custom.1 kernel_image. 40 mins later I get this:

as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s
make[3] as86: command not found.
make[3] [bootsect.o] Error 127
make[2] *** [boot] Error 2
make[1] *** [build] Error 2
make: *** [stamp-image] Error 2

as not as86 is in my /usr/sbin. I have not been able to locate as86

Any ideas what am doing wrong? BTW I noticed a new vmlinux that is twice
as large as my vmlinuz, so am guessing as86 has something to do with 
compressing vmlinux.

Chuma

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From: [email-masked] (J.H.M.Dassen)
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 10:32:04 +0200 (METDST)

> Any ideas what am doing wrong? 
Nothing. You just don't have a package installed that is required to build
the kernel:

bin86 (29 Kb) 

Section: devel
Version: 0.3-1 Last modified: Fri Apr 26 10:47:00 1996 
Architecture: i386 
Maintainer: 
     Joost Witteveen <[email-masked]> 
Description: 
     Assembler and loader for kernel compilation. 
Depends: 
     libc5 

> BTW I noticed a new vmlinux that is twice

I'm not really sure. It is needed to build the 16-bit start-code for
the kernel. After this code is executed, the compressed kernel image
is decompressed.

Hope this helps,
Ray
-- 
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From: Chuma Agbodike <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 11:55:41 -0700

J.H.M.Dassen wrote:
> --Thanks. Also to Thomas Freina for your responses. I got bin86 and 
intalled it. First time the compile failed again. I then deleted the 
whole source tree and started afresh. This time it worked and generated
kernel-image_2.0.13_Custom.1_i386.deb, which I then installed with dpkg.
However, when I told it to make a boot floppy, I got this:

ioctl(FDGETPRM): No such device.

Anyway I liloed and booted the new kernel. Now my sound doesn't work
in windows 95 anymore.  Scratching head.....

Chuma