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Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 12:20:57 +0800
From: =?utf-8?Q?Am=C3=A9rico?= Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
To: ranjith kumar <ranjithproxy@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: build error
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On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 02:54:38AM +0000, ranjith kumar wrote:
>hi
>On my PC "uname -a" prints
>Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686.PAE #1 SMP Wed May
>27 17:28:22 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
>1)I tried to build many  linux kernel versions. But I always end up
>error lik "file not recognized: File truncated"
>
>For example when I tried to build linux-2.6.34(copied /boot/config
>file, make oldconfig, make all), I got the follwing error:
> CC [M]  drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.o
>  CC [M]  drivers/mtd/ubi/io.o
>  CC [M]  drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.o
>  CC [M]  drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.o
>  CC [M]  drivers/mtd/ubi/misc.o
>  LD [M]  drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.o
>drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.o: file not recognized: File truncated
>make[3]: *** [drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.o] Error 1
>make[2]: *** [drivers/mtd/ubi] Error 2
>make[1]: *** [drivers/mtd] Error 2
>make: *** [drivers] Error 2
>
>How to solve the problem?


Try to do a 'make mrproper' before compiling the kernel.


>2)And how to know processor family of my PC?


Your machine is x86_64, you could choose "Generic x86_64"
instead of these i386 stuffs. I think your distribution
also does this.