2.4.17 system needed

[modul8r]

Hi there,

I need to get a Linux system up that's running a 2.4.17 kernel.

Anyone know a particular distribution I can download that already has that kernel?

If not, would someone please give me instructions on what distribution I should download, then tips on getting a 2.4.17 kernel compiled on that system, i.e. pointing me to a good how-to.

The distribution doesn't matter. It just has to be Linux (not BSD, etc.).

Thanks in advance!

[falko]

You could try Debian Sarge. 2.4 is the default kernel for Sarge, but I don't know if it's 2.4.17. If it isn't, you can then compile a 2.4.17 kernel yourself: http://www.howtoforge.com/howto_linu...compile_debian

[modul8r]

I downloaded Debian "Sarge" (3.1) here:
http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/debian-cd...6-binary-1.iso

It installed fine, although it gave an error during the package installation portion, whether or not I had "desktop" checked.

I followed your HOWto but ran into a problem. I hope you, or someone, can help.

Minor problems:

1. My folder is "linux" after doing the tar xjf, where yours is "linux-2.4.23". Maybe not a big deal, but I wanted to let you know. The file I downloaded was "linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2" from kernel.org.

2. My "make menuconfig" shows "arch/i386/debconfig" when I go to load an alternate configuration file. (Yours shows "/boot/config-2.4.18-bf2.4".) Not sure if that's a problem, or if that's OK. I ended up leaving what mine was by default.

Major problem:

make dep - OK
make-kpkg clean - OK
the fakeroot command ends up giving me an error

I don't know how to export that text so I can paste it here, so I just took a picture (click for larger image):




Hopefully it's something simple.

Again, my project specifically requires I have a 2.4.17 kernel, so that's why I downloaded that version.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

[falko]

Your picture doesn't show the first error which is the most important one.

You can connect to your system with an SSH client such PuTTY. PuTTY lets you copy&paste to and from the shell.

[modul8r]

Part 1:

d-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -E -D__GENKSYMS__ wanmain.c
| /sbin/genksyms -p smp_ -k 2.4.17 > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/wanmain.ver.tmp
mv /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/wanmain.ver.tmp /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/wanmain.ver
/usr/src/linux/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -- af_wanpipe.c wanmain.c wanproc.c > .depend
make[6]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/net/wanrouter'
/usr/bin/make -C x25 fastdep
make[6]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/net/x25'
/usr/src/linux/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -- af_x25.c sysctl_net_x25.c x25_dev.c x25_facilities.c x25_in.c x25_link.c x25_out.c x25_route.c x25_subr.c x25_timer.c > .depend
make[6]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/net/x25'
make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/net'
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/net'
/usr/bin/make -C ipc fastdep
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/ipc'
/usr/src/linux/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -- msg.c sem.c shm.c util.c util.h > .depend
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/ipc'
/usr/bin/make -C lib fastdep
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/lib'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -E -D__GENKSYMS__ cmdline.c
| /sbin/genksyms -p smp_ -k 2.4.17 > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/cmdline.ver.tmp
mv /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/cmdline.ver.tmp /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/cmdline.ver
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -E -D__GENKSYMS__ dec_and_lock.c
| /sbin/genksyms -p smp_ -k 2.4.17 > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/dec_and_lock.ver.tmp
mv /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/dec_and_lock.ver.tmp /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/dec_and_lock.ver
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -E -D__GENKSYMS__ rwsem-spinlock.c
| /sbin/genksyms -p smp_ -k 2.4.17 > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/rwsem-spinlock.ver.tmp
mv /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/rwsem-spinlock.ver.tmp /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/rwsem-spinlock.ver
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -E -D__GENKSYMS__ rwsem.c
| /sbin/genksyms -p smp_ -k 2.4.17 > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/rwsem.ver.tmp
mv /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/rwsem.ver.tmp /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/rwsem.ver
/usr/src/linux/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -- brlock.c bust_spinlocks.c cmdline.c ctype.c dec_and_lock.c errno.c inflate.c rbtree.c rwsem.c rwsem-spinlock.c string.c vsprintf.c > .depend
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/lib'
/usr/bin/make -C arch/i386/kernel fastdep
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/kernel'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -E -D__GENKSYMS__ mca.c
| /sbin/genksyms -p smp_ -k 2.4.17 > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/mca.ver.tmp
mv /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/mca.ver.tmp /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/mca.ver
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -E -D__GENKSYMS__ mtrr.c
| /sbin/genksyms -p smp_ -k 2.4.17 > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/mtrr.ver.tmp
mv /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/mtrr.ver.tmp /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/mtrr.ver
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -E -D__GENKSYMS__ msr.c
| /sbin/genksyms -p smp_ -k 2.4.17 > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/msr.ver.tmp
mv /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/msr.ver.tmp /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/msr.ver
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -E -D__GENKSYMS__ cpuid.c
| /sbin/genksyms -p smp_ -k 2.4.17 > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/cpuid.ver.tmp
mv /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/cpuid.ver.tmp /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/cpuid.ver
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -E -D__GENKSYMS__ microcode.c
| /sbin/genksyms -p smp_ -k 2.4.17 > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/microcode.ver.tmp
mv /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/microcode.ver.tmp /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/microcode.ver
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -E -D__GENKSYMS__ i386_ksyms.c
| /sbin/genksyms -p smp_ -k 2.4.17 > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/i386_ksyms.ver.tmp
In file included from i386_ksyms.c:22:
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/checksum.h:72:30: missing terminating " character
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/checksum.h:90:13: missing terminating " character
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/checksum.h:105:17: missing terminating " character
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/checksum.h:108:17: missing terminating " character
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/checksum.h:121:13: missing terminating " character
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/checksum.h:126:9: missing terminating " character
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/checksum.h:161:17: missing terminating " character
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/checksum.h:173:17: missing terminating " character
mv /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/i386_ksyms.ver.tmp /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/i386_ksyms.ver
/usr/src/linux/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -- acpitable.c acpitable.h apic.c apm.c bluesmoke.c cpuid.c dmi_scan.c entry.S head.S i386_ksyms.c i387.c i8259.c init_task.c io_apic.c ioport.c irq.c ldt.c mca.c microcode.c mpparse.c msr.c mtrr.c nmi.c pci-dma.c pci-i386.c pci-i386.h pci-irq.c pci-pc.c pci-visws.c process.c ptrace.c semaphore.c setup.c signal.c smpboot.c smp.c sys_i386.c time.c trampoline.S traps.c visws_apic.c vm86.c > .depend

[modul8r]

Part 2:

make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/kernel'
/usr/bin/make -C arch/i386/mm fastdep
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/mm'
/usr/src/linux/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -- extable.c fault.c init.c ioremap.c > .depend
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/mm'
/usr/bin/make -C arch/i386/lib fastdep
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
/usr/src/linux/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -- checksum.S dec_and_lock.c delay.c getuser.S iodebug.c memcpy.c mmx.c old-checksum.c strstr.c usercopy.c > .depend
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
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/usr/bin/make update-modverfile
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux'
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h was updated
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/usr/bin/make \
ARCH=i386 clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux'
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'
rm -f tools/build
rm -f setup bootsect zImage compressed/vmlinux.out
rm -f bsetup bbootsect bzImage compressed/bvmlinux.out
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/compressed'
rm -f vmlinux bvmlinux _tmp_*
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find . \( -name '*.[oas]' -o -name core -o -name '.*.flags' \) -type f -print \
| grep -v lxdialog/ | xargs rm -f
rm -f kernel/ksyms.lst include/linux/compile.h vmlinux System.map .tmp* drivers/char/consolemap_deftbl.c drivers/video/promcon_tbl.c drivers/char/conmakehash drivers/char/drm/*-mod.c drivers/pci/devlist.h drivers/pci/classlist.h drivers/pci/gen-devlist drivers/zorro/devlist.h drivers/zorro/gen-devlist drivers/sound/bin2hex drivers/sound/hex2hex drivers/atm/fore200e_mkfirm drivers/atm/{pca,sba}*{.bin,.bin1,.bin2} drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm/aicasm_gram.c drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm/aicasm_scan.c drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm/y.tab.h drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm/aicasm drivers/scsi/53c700-mem.c net/khttpd/make_times_h net/khttpd/times.h submenu*
rm -rf modules
/usr/bin/make -C Documentation/DocBook clean
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/Documentation/DocBook'
rm -f core *~
rm -f wanbook.sgml z8530book.sgml mcabook.sgml videobook.sgml kernel-api.sgml parportbook.sgml kernel-hacking.sgml kernel-locking.sgml via-audio.sgml mousedrivers.sgml sis900.sgml deviceiobook.sgml procfs-guide.sgml tulip-user.sgml
rm -f wanbook.dvi z8530book.dvi mcabook.dvi videobook.dvi kernel-api.dvi parportbook.dvi kernel-hacking.dvi kernel-locking.dvi via-audio.dvi mousedrivers.dvi sis900.dvi deviceiobook.dvi procfs-guide.dvi tulip-user.dvi wanbook.aux z8530book.aux mcabook.aux videobook.aux kernel-api.aux parportbook.aux kernel-hacking.aux kernel-locking.aux via-audio.aux mousedrivers.aux sis900.aux deviceiobook.aux procfs-guide.aux tulip-user.aux wanbook.tex z8530book.tex mcabook.tex videobook.tex kernel-api.tex parportbook.tex kernel-hacking.tex kernel-locking.tex via-audio.tex mousedrivers.tex sis900.tex deviceiobook.tex procfs-guide.tex tulip-user.tex wanbook.log z8530book.log mcabook.log
videobook.log kernel-api.log parportbook.log kernel-hacking.log kernel-locking.log via-audio.log mousedrivers.log sis900.log deviceiobook.log procfs-guide.log tulip-user.log wanbook.out z8530book.out mcabook.out videobook.out kernel-api.out parportbook.out kernel-hacking.out kernel-locking.out via-audio.out mousedrivers.out sis900.out deviceiobook.out procfs-guide.out tulip-user.out
rm -f parport-share.png parport-multi.png parport-structure.png parport-share.eps parport-multi.eps parport-structure.eps
rm -f procfs_example.sgml
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echo done > debian/stamp-kernel-conf
====== making target CONFIG-indep [new prereqs: conf.vars stamp-kernel-conf]======
This is kernel package version 10.067.
====== making target CONFIG/linux-source-2.4.17 [new prereqs: CONFIG-indep]======

====== making target CONFIG/linux-doc-2.4.17 [new prereqs: CONFIG-indep]======

====== making target CONFIG/linux-manual-2.4.17 [new prereqs: CONFIG-indep]======

====== making target stamp-configure-indep [new prereqs: linux-source-2.4.17 linux-doc-2.4.17 linux-manual-2.4.17]======
====== making target configure-indep [new prereqs: stamp-configure-indep]======
====== making target stamp-configure [new prereqs: configure-arch configure-indep]======
====== making target debian/stamp-build-kernel [new prereqs: sanity_check stamp-kernel-conf]======
This is kernel package version 10.067.
/usr/bin/make ARCH=i386 \
bzImage
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux'
gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o scripts/split-include scripts/split-include.c
scripts/split-include include/linux/autoconf.h include/config
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -c -o init/main.o init/main.c
. scripts/mkversion > .tmpversion
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DUTS_MACHINE='"i386"' -c -o init/version.o init/version.c
/usr/bin/make CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 " -C kernel
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/kernel'
/usr/bin/make all_targets
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gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -c -o sched.o sched.c
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -c -o dma.o dma.c
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -c -o fork.o fork.c
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c exec_domain.c
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -c -o panic.o panic.c
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c printk.c