Building a kernel for a Javastation

Specific notes for Javastation kernels:

• linux 2.4.x
• linux 2.6.x

Please take a look at the Kernel Status page.

To be able to use your kernel as a net-bootable kernel, you'll have to convert the image to a.out format.

host system

Building the first Javastation kernel is a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem; you have to boot a Javastation to build a kernel on the Javatstation, to boot a Javastation etc....
Therefore, it's very easy to have a Sun-4/linux box around as a compile host.
When you've made a filesysem (NFSRoot), you can chroot in it:



In this chroot-ed environment, you can build the kernel to boot the Javastation. It is of course also possible to download a precompiled kernel. See our files section.

Another option is to use a cross compiler.