Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Oct 1999 20:13:38 +0200 (CEST) | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.3.21 Gripes. |
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On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Riley Williams wrote:
> Hi Mike. > > >>>>>> Have you tried make bzImage ? > > >>>>> That is not always enough. If the bzImage is larger than 1Mb, > >>>>> it still doesn't link. (But you need _a lot_ of drivers for > >>>>> this) > > >>>> I think this was a bug which is now fixed. > > >>> It'll link now, but this beastie.. > > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1052897 Oct 14 07:10 arch/i386/boot/bzImage > > >>> ..still can't be booted. (not by loadlin anyway.. is there a > >>> protected mode bootloader for games98 anywhere?) > > >> I wouldn't know about loadlin as I've never used it, but I have > >> booted a few kernels >1M (1,048,576 bytes) in size using LILO, so > >> have good reason to suppose that it supports them. > > >> One kernel I successfully booted was a 2.2.12 kernel of about 1.3M > >> in size, so well over both the 1M limit and the size of your > >> kernel above. > > > Hmm.. maybe with some shameless thievery.. ;-) > > If you mean that I applied the patch I developed before compiling it, > then I have to admit that such was indeed the case.
Ah no.. I meant maybe I should go try to swipe code from lilo, but since it's not there yet <g> I'll wait.
-Mike
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