old p133 and linux

[vittorio]

hi
i've installed a minimalist distribution of linux on a pc:

Pentium s 133
32mb ram
171 mb hd

i used "tidy" distribution and the sistem work fine but now i must recompile
the kernel.

the distribution is based on kernel 2.2

this are my questions:

1) how can i compile the kernel with another pc and replace later the
existing one?

2) how can i install other software (like linux kernel source) on this
distribution?

thank you!

[Jeff Breitner]

vittorio wrote:

> 1) how can i compile the kernel with another pc and replace later the
> existing one?

This is best printed for your reference while you actually do this.
Although on a P133, you'll have plenty of time to browse the internet
while it compiles.



Try:

[url]www.linuxdoc.org[/url]

>
> 2) how can i install other software (like linux kernel source) on this
> distribution?

You can ftp the kernel sources from ftp.kernel.org. You can get it from
the ftp site of the Linux distribution you're using, or get it from the
CDROMS you may have used to install Linux.

Which way you install it depends on how you obtained the item to be
installed.

[Steve W]

-Hello whatever your name is,

Have you ever compiled a kernel for a machine? I would do it muck the
same is a normal kernel compile, just make sure in the 'make xconfig'
setup that you are very conservative, so it will run on the target
machine.

follow the directions in the readme file for the kernel you download
at [url]www.kernel.org[/url]
untar the file somewhere and go to it. When it comes to copy the
bzImage into /boot, don't . Grab that and any modules you created and
move them to target machine. To make it easy, try not to have any
modules.

Leave the existing boot image and options. Add a test configuration in
the /etc/lilo.config (don't forget to run lilo after editing file.)

Give it a shot. If it almost works, well - you're most of the way.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Steve

PS. Post reply and send email directly to me at
[email]steve.work@uvm.nospam.edu[/email], I'm on someone else machine now..


On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 10:44:36 GMT, "vittorio" <stortoaranci@libero.it>
wrote:

>hi
>i've installed a minimalist distribution of linux on a pc:
>
>Pentium s 133
>32mb ram
>171 mb hd
>
>i used "tidy" distribution and the sistem work fine but now i must recompile
>the kernel.
>
>the distribution is based on kernel 2.2
>
>this are my questions:
>
>1) how can i compile the kernel with another pc and replace later the
>existing one?
>
>2) how can i install other software (like linux kernel source) on this
>distribution?
>
>thank you!
>