On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 03:11:49AM -0800, cyber cop wrote: > how can or in what way i should compile the > kernel source so that if i give the binary image to > others it should work on the destination machine which > will be the intel achitecture (but may be 386 or 486 > or 586 or 686) similar to a linux kernel image > distributions in cd. You have to compile for the lowest denominator. If a 486 is the lowest you have, compile for that. A 486 kernel will work on higher machines, but a Pentium kernel for example won't work on a 486. regards, Dave. -- -ENOMONKEY. - Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
