C Hamel wrote:
On Friday 06 August 2004 20:37, Russ wrote: <SNIP>
The items will not highlight. This is what I see:
----------------------------------------------------- CONFIG_M386:
This is the processor type of your CPU. This information is used for optimizing purposes. In order to compile a kernel that can run on all x86 CPU types (albeit not optimally fast), you can specify "386" here.
The kernel will not necessarily run on earlier architectures than the one you have chosen, e.g. a Pentium optimized kernel will run on a PPro, but not necessarily on a i486.
Here are the settings recommended for greatest speed: - "386" for the AMD/Cyrix/Intel 386DX/DXL/SL/SLC/SX, Cyrix/TI 486DLC/DLC2, UMC 486SX-S and NexGen Nx586. Only "386" kernels will run on a 386 class machine. - "486" for the AMD/Cyrix/IBM/Intel 486DX/DX2/DX4 or SL/SLC/SLC2/SLC3/SX/SX2 and UMC U5D or U5S. - "586" for generic Pentium CPUs, possibly lacking the TSC (time stamp counter) register. - "Pentium-Classic" for the Intel Pentium. - "Pentium-MMX" for the Intel Pentium MMX. - "Pentium-Pro" for the Intel Pentium Pro/Celeron/Pentium II. - "Pentium-III" for the Intel Pentium III and Celerons based on the Coppermine core. - "Pentium-4" for the Intel Pentium 4. - "K6" for the AMD K6, K6-II and K6-III (aka K6-3D). - "Athlon" for the AMD K7 family (Athlon/Duron/Thunderbird). - "Elan" for the AMD Elan family (Elan SC400/SC410). - "Crusoe" for the Transmeta Crusoe series. - "Winchip-C6" for original IDT Winchip. - "Winchip-2" for IDT Winchip 2. - "Winchip-2A" for IDT Winchips with 3dNow! capabilities. - "CyrixIII" for VIA Cyrix III or VIA C3. - "VIA C3-2 for VIA C3-2 "Nehemiah" (model 9 and above).
If you don't know what to do, choose "386". lines 9-37/37 (END) ------------------------------------------------------- The only thing that is highlighted is 'lines 9-37/37 (END)' and as I scroll up and down the numbers change but nothing else is highlighted. When I hit enter or space it takes me back to the bottom. What do I have to do to choose "Pentium-4"?
Thanks Russ
'Fraid you lost me... the 'make menuconfig' command should bring up a nice menu-driven configuration process (I am assuming you were in the proper directory). If it doesn't, I don't know what to tell you. Sorry.
Okay, I figured out what I was doing wrong (thanks to you). What I was seeing above was a help dialouge and the 'q' key brought you back to the screen you needed to make the selection. This method ran you through each and every step one by one. Your method did the same thing but much much easier (I chose your method). I'll see how far I get now. Thanks Russ