[ltp] Building kernel for 750P

[Meidinger Chris]

> I don't have a problem with waiting, as I have lots of other things
> to do. I don't have another machine on which to run gentoo. They run
> Fedora... a binary distribution I am quite happy with.

You can still copy the gentoo source tree to another machine to compile.

> However, this beastie is so old, I hoped a custom config from the
> ground up would make it work well enough to use as a print server.

You're probably right, it should.

> So building on another machine, with different versions of gcc and
> libraries is probably not a good idea. Distcc won't work in any case.

The kernel shouldn't need much in the way of libraries. The gcc version is
especially important to build modules later. If you can get the same version
of gcc on another machine, you should be fine.

> So I would REALLY appreciate tips on setting menuconfig options to
> get a working kernel out of the 2.6.10-r6 (gentoo-dev-sources) code.
> Since I have everything done up to the kernel, this last step would
> be really nice to complete.

Rereading you original post, there is no reason not to genkernel. I haven't
used genkernel myself since it was in alpha/beta, but it should primarily
help with copying the kernel around after compilation. Genkernel should have
no problem giving you a menuconfig. 

What does lspci show? Is there a pci bus?

> I would also appreciate leads on a useful binary distribution that
> can be installed from a floppy and network card. I tried Slackware
> and Debian, but I'm not familiar with them and they didn't work too
> well either.

If you are asking this question because you have no cdrom, then you should
be able to find use http://www.debian.org/distrib/floppyinst to get debian
on the machine. Debian if my personal preference for older machines. You
might want to try fli4l which is a super-simple floppy distribution which
may suit your needs perfectly.

Let us know when you get another kernel panic what it says and maybe someone
can help you.

Cheers, 

Chris