Re: Linux 2.3.21 Gripes.

Riley Williams (rhw@MemAlpha.CX)
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 11:32:40 +0100 (GMT)


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.

Best wishes from Riley.

PS: The kernel versions page is now back online at the URL below, and
includes separate sublists both for each kernel series, and for
each year of development.

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| There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
| development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
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* http://www.memalpha.cx/Linux/Kernel/

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