[plug] kernel compile problems

[Carl Gherardi]

Its complaining that a file it expects to be able to link isn't there.

Can you make sure the loopback driver is selected in you config.

Carl

> From: sol [mailto:sol at autonomon.net]
> 
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I was just trying to compile a 2.4.18 kernel on Debian Woody 
> and I've just had 
> two consecutive failures. I don't understand the error.
> 
> mkdir -p 
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.18/debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.4.18/kern
> el/drivers/block/
> cp loop.o 
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.18/debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.4.18/kern
> el/drivers/block/
> cp: cannot stat 'loop.o': No such file or directory
> make[4]: ***[_modinst__] Error 1
> make[4]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.18/drivers/block'
> make[3]: ***[_modinst_block] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.18/drivers'
> make[2]: ***[_modinst_drivers] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.18'
> make[1]: ***[real_stamp_image] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.18'
> 
> Then it returns to the prompt. 
> The first time I did this I did it from /usr/src/linux which 
> was a symbolic 
> link to /usr/src/linux-2.4.18, the second time I tried doing 
> this from 
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.18; not that this should have made any 
> difference, I just 
> thought I had better explain this.
> 
> Any ideas on what may be going wrong here?
> 
> ta,
> sol