Re: compiling the kernel
Re: 1) The file System.map is created in the /usr/src/linux subdirectory.
2) Looks like you have a hard disk that has > 1024 cylinders. Go to the
/etc subdirectory.
Edit the file lilo.conf and add the line:
lba32
to the file somewhere. (You'll need to be logged in as root, or use the su
command.) That should solve the Lilo problem.
Text files in Linux are different than Windows. Wordpad will display them
correctly.
Maybe someone else can help with 3) and 4).
Tom Delany
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander Gutfraind (Sasha)" <agutfrai@student.math.uwaterloo.ca>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 1:25 AM
Subject: compiling the kernel
> A newbie question:
> 1) What's System map file, and where is it created
> relative to the kernel source directory during
> kernel compilation?
>
> 2) (perhaps related to (1) above)
> Wheneve I try creating a boot floppy,
> using 'installkernel ', I get a problem
> as follows:
>
> Creating a lilo bootdisk...
> mkdir /tmp/boot7403mke2fs -q /dev/fd0mke2fs
> 1.19, 13-Jul-2000 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /tmp/boot7403cd
> /tmp/boot7403cp
> /boot/vmlinuz
> /boot/boot.b
> .lilo -C - <<-EOF2Fatal: geo_comp_addr:
> Cylinder number is too big (1053 > 1023)
> set +e; cd /; umount /dev/fd0; rmdir /tmp/boot7403
> There was a problem creating the boot diskette.
> Please make sure that you inserted the diskette into the
> correct drive and that the disketteis not write-protected.
>
> [End of printout]
> (I opened the file in win98 notepad, which does not read \n correctly.
> Had to add newlines myself)
>
> What's the deal???
>
>
> 3) In windows there is the idea of formating a partition
> or a floppy. Debian installation seem to do something similar.
> How does it work in Linux, and what is the utility that does it?
>
>
> 4) When compiling the kernel, does moving functionality into
> modules reduces performance, and if so, is it worth cutting
> the size of the kernel image?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> Alexander Gutfraind (sasha) agutfrai@student.math.uwaterloo.ca
>
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