recompile kernel
 

I have Slack 9 install. It says that the cpu is set at a 486 in and I want to recompile (or something) the kernel for an athalon. I tried to recompile the kernel from source about 20 times and got error after error. I had to restore from my backup quite a few times, to get X working. Is there a way to set the kernel cpu settings to an athalon. When compile a program from source it seems like it takes forever compared to when I had Slack 8.1 installed.

You set that when you recompile the kernel. In the "make menuconfig, xconfig, etc" process.

The problem is that there is no kernel soucre installed.

Then get the 2.4.20 kernel sources off the Slack cd and install them.

I tried to recompile the kernel from source about 20 times and got error after error.

What specific errors did u get? I've recompiled my kernel countless times and had little problems... In fact most of my problems was due to not reading the options properly.

You should find a config-ide-kernel.version file in /boot. You can use that file as a basis for your recompile by copying it to your kernel source dir (usually /usr/src/linux) after running make mrproper.

I thought that there should be a config file too. But after a clean install there was non. I will give it another shot tonight.

The funny thing is that I recompiled kernels before in Mandrake with out a problem. Slack is just giving me a hard time or I got my head up my you know what. Thanks

Maybe you can tell us what you have in /boot.

I'm at work right now. I'll let you know when I get home

Here i s a list of what is in my /boot.
boot.0300
boot_message.txt
map
vmlinuz

See if there is a hidden .config file in the /boot directory.

If there is you can load the .config configuration when running
make xconfig. This will contain the options you started with. Using it as a starting point change the architecture for the CPU and give that a try.

If there is a /boot directory on the install cd, try looking there for a config or .config file.