[tlug] Gentoo Linux Kernel Compile Trouble

[patrick.niessen@example.com]

Hi All,

I think there are some Gentoo'ler in this list who may be able to help.

I managed to go through the Gentoo install on an old HP Vectra Pentium MMX
5/200.  After resolving the bios/grub trouble, the system is basically ready
except for the kernel.  

This is now the 4th time I attempt the compile, but it is just not working
out:  

- No obvious error message, but after grub tries to boot the new bzImage the
PC just reboots.  
- I copied the kernel from the Gentoo CD to /boot and created an entry in
grub.conf, and this basically boots a linux system (except I don't have all
the modules which are used by the CD kernel).  So the problem really lies
somewhere in the kernel compile area...
- One thing I noticed is that when compiling the kernel, the compiler output
always contains the march=i686 option, even though this should be disabled!
I specifically removed the march compile option in make.conf and instead
used the CPU=pentium-mmx and when that didn't work also =i586.  No luck,
still seems to include the march option with every compile.  I also did
"grep -R march=i686 /etc"to see if some other file contains this parameter,
and changed it to i585 ...

Any ideas?

Patrick