RE: compiling kernel for an alphaserver (VERY OLD ONE)

["Oliver Pitzeier" <o.pitzeier@uptime.at>]

Alan Bort wrote:
> > > > > I've noted that the downloadable file is only 4 MB (a little 
> > > > > less)... is that the FULL kernel???
> > > > 
> > > > Is that already compiled?  My kernels usually end up 
> > > > around 1.5 MB 
> > > > in size, or ~2.7 MB uncompressed.
> > > well: 4,0M    patch-2.4.20.bz2
> > > 
> > > that's what du patch-2.4.20.bz2 returns....
> > 
> > That's the patch (i.e. difference) from 2.4.19 to 2.4.20.  The full 
> > source is called linux-2.4.20.tar.bz2, but remember that 2.4.20 is 
> > broken.
>
> Well. On kernel.org, in the main page there is a link to THAT 
> kernel... I could searcho for the full ~.19 version... but... 
> how big is it??? cause my /boot partition is about 12 MB.. 
> the Image will be smalller than that... won't it???

wget http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/patch-2.4.19.bz2
tar xfvj linux-2.4.19.tar.bz2; \
cd linux-2.4.19; \
make menuconfig; \
make dep; make; \
make modules;

Maybe that helps?

br,
 Oliver