Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 17 Oct 1999 06:09:28 +0200 (CEST) | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.3.21 Gripes. |
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On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Riley Williams wrote:
> Hi Mike. > > >>>> 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. > > Now you have me puzzled... > > All I can work out is that I was able to successfully boot a 2.2.12 > kernel of about 1.3M in size using the version of LILO supplied as > standard with RedHat 6.0 (but for some reason, I was not able to boot > a similar sized 2.3.17 kernel using that method). You appear to be > claiming that LILO is not able to boot suchlike kernels?
No, having never read the LILO source I [cw]ouldn't claim anything. I interpreted your comment about a patch to mean that you'd modified LILO.
Cheers,
-Mike
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