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19 years ago

Problem starting up linux on Nios II Cyclone

Hi everybody, despite my earlier post I now have a big problem with trying to start linux. The kernel and filesystem compile ok, with a few warnings on the way. What I get when I try to log on throug...
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19 years ago

So... after a few false starts I tried working on linux. The results weren't that great either. First of all, "make menuconfig" didn't work. It just stopped after a few lines and despite waiting patiently for something like 10 minutes, nothing happened. "make config" at least went further, but it didn't let me customize the kernel settings. Also, linux_hwselect probably didn't work either, because, despite running it ok, I got errors later on declaring I should run it.

Too bad I'm running so short on time, otherwise I would try setting up a different linux distro to work on, as I'm suspecting something fishy is going on with the OS...