Re: as86? (linux 2.2.5 kernel compile error)

Tom Eastep (eastep@loc1.tandem.com)
Thu, 08 Apr 1999 00:49:56 +0000


steven.mcelwee@duke.edu wrote:
>
> Folks,
> When compiling the newly released linux-2_2_5 kernel on Red Hat Linux
> 5.2 with "make bzImage" on my ThinkPad 770ED, I get the following error:
>
> nm vmlinux | grep -v '\(compiled\)\|\(\.o$\)\|\( [aU]
> \)\|\(\.\.ng$\)\|\(LASH[RL]DI\)' | sort > System.map
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2_2_5/arch/i386/boot'
> as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s
> make[1]: as86: Command not found
> make[1]: *** [bbootsect.o] Error 127
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2_2_5/arch/i386/boot'
> make: *** [bzImage] Error 2
>
You need to install the bin86 RPM from your Redhat 5.2 CD...

-Tom

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Tom Eastep
Compaq Computer Corporation
Enterprise Computing Group
Tandem Division
tom.eastep@compaq.com

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