Re: VI reasons (was Re: Base Set: Suggested additions & removals.)
On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > If your kernel is > 600k you MUST use a bzImage and you MUST load it into
>
> So is there any other advantage? 600k is pretty big for a default
> kernel, especially since we are making heavy use of modules. My custom 2.0.34
> is 300k odd, although obviously the Debian one needs a bunch of SCSI drivers.
> If we are < 600k, why use it when it is problematic?
If we are < 600k (they actually recommend 500k, but 590k is more like
it) then bz kernels are a very bad idea.
Manoj, does the kernel package always build bzimages or does it look at
the size of gzip -9 vmlinux and decide based on that?
> I've no idea why my desktop hates it. Everything else about the machine is
> perfect, and it's a custom-built clone rather than some IBM or Compaq
> box, the sought with weird BIOSen.
What is your boot loader? I've only inspected the kernel default (ie dd
if=bzImage of=/dev/fd0) no idea what lilo, grub, syslinux or loadlin do,
but the end results must be the same.
Jason
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