[PLUG] Compiling Linux on Cygwin

Deven drt80d at gmail.com
Tue Aug 25 09:49:47 IST 2009


On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 00:03 +0530, Arun Khan wrote:
> On Sunday 23 Aug 2009, Abhijit Dhopate wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I am trying to compile linux-source-2.6.31 and create a compact image
> > using Cygwin. 
> 
> Why are you limiting your self to using Cygwin?  IMO the shortest path 
> to success is to  use the right tool for the job at hand.  In this 
> case, using a Linux desktop (with the necessary tools) to compile the 
> kernel.
> 

Or a virtual machine(VMWare or something similar). I have never tried
it, though.

-Deven







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