I am trying to decide on which Linux distribution to use for Pre boot authentication software (Intel, AMD processors).
My requirements: PBA with minimal GUI; STABLE distro; minimal OS size; support for USB, mouse, key board and PC card to access internet; Intel, AMD processors.
Questions:
1. Which Distro the experts recommend?
2. Would appreciate any other pointers from experienced PBA developers.
I am trying to compile a kernel (so that the USBIP module gets built, I've enabled it via menuconfig) in the following directory:
Is this src tree "intended" to be rebuilt?
I'm trying to compile an "EXPERIMENTAL" module (w/in the tree already) USBIP so this seems to be my ONLY recourse. I do not have the ability to connect the machine to the net, nor bring in things like non-professionally burned CD's nor flash drives...
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I am trying to build linux kernel I am getting out of space after a while. I unpacked it in /usr/src directory. It seems I have plenty of space. How much space does it need to compile & build kernel. I am using VirtualBox.
root@vinay-VirtualBox:/usr/src/linux-2.6.39.3# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 6.9G 3.2G 3.4G 49% /
none 669M 640K 668M 1% /dev
none 675M 24K 675M 1% /dev/shm
none 675M 96K 675M 1% /var/run
none 675M 0 675M 0% /var/lock
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Questions I have-
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I have been try for a while now to build this and I am not getting very far. I have download the usbip-0.1.7.tar.gz from sourceforge.net I then followed [URL] to get a full kernel source. then went to usbip-0.1.7/drivers/2.6.18 and issued the command
Code:
make KSOURCE=~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i686
but it failed with:
Code:
/home/scott/usbip-0.1.7/drivers/2.6.18/stub_rx.c:377: error: redefinition of 'usb_endpoint_xfer_bulk'
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