Hello, I am not very new to linux, but am to this site, so forgive me if my post is messed up
I am having a problem with compiling a new kernel, let me explain

I am running an old Packard Bell with a PentiumII 200Mhz processor with 48MB of RAM and probably generic everything else. I also am using Turbolinx 6.5 which has the 2.2.18-2 kernel.

I downloaded the linux-2.4.18.tar.gz kernel and put it in a directory I created (/root/linux). I ran 'tar xzvf filename' to unpack. I then read the /linux/Documentation/Changes file to get the correct development releases. Everything I had seemed compatible except gcc, it called for gcc-2.95.3 and I was using 2.95.2. So I downloaded and installed the tarball for gcc-2.95.3. It seemed to go ok. When I do a 'gcc -v' it says "gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)" The other utilities (ie: make, binutils, etc...) seemed up to date, except glibc ( it calls for 2.2 and I have 2.1.3-32) and I can't seem to patch or update it.

Anyway, I cd to the linux directory, run make menuconfig, make dep, make clean, make bzImage, make modules, make modules_install. Everything seems to go fine. I then copy /linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /boot. Then edit lilo.conf and add the new kernel
image=/boot/bzImage
label=bzimage
root=/dev/hda5

Then run lilo, and get no errors. When I reboot, and choose the new kernel it gets as far as
"Loading bzimage .........." and that's it.

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Also, I added a number to the Extraversion line in the Makefile so it created a separate directory in /lib/modules. I didn't do anything to /usr/src.

Thanks for the Help

Scott

Could be a number of things, I usually get such an 'error' when I selected something that's not compatible with my hardware, for example, the last time I got that, I was installing lm_sensors in the 2.4.20 kernel. I selected the wrong VIA chipset and got 'Loading 2.4.20...". I selected the right chipset and everything was ok again.
I'd check everything again and try to find out what hardware is inside your box, not everything will be generic I think

Thanks for the advice, I'll give it a shot.

I got this PC from my sister and I don't know what's inside it. Is there any good way to tell with out installing windows?