Problem installing modified kernel
I'm trying to install the vmlinuz-2.4.20-mppe kernel (2.4.20 with
kernel-patch-mppe
for using Microsoft encryption using pptp) on a SUN Netra T1. The resulting
kernel
created is too large to load from silo. When I try to create an initrd image
either manually with the command:
"mkinitrd -o initrd.img-2.4.20-mppe /lib/modules/2.4.20-mppe"
or by installing the new kernel .deb file:
"dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.20-mppe-sparc64_10.00.Custom_sparc.deb"
the kernel is still too large to load. (in fact the image is larger then
just the
kernel). What do I need to do to get vmlinuz-2.4.20-mppe to boot?
ryana@ilpalazzo:/boot$ cat silo.conf
partition=1
root=/dev/sda4
read-only
timeout=100
image=1/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-mppe
label=linux
initrd=1/boot/initrd.img-2.4.20-mppe
ryana@ilpalazzo:/boot$ ls -la
total 5792
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Jun 23 16:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Jun 23 16:37 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 515333 Jun 23 13:10
System.map-2.4.20-mppe
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 519302 Jun 5 13:23 System.map-2.4.21
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jun 18 07:46 boot -> .
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20939 Jun 23 12:19 config-2.4.20-mppe
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21765 Jun 5 12:12 config-2.4.21
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jun 18 07:46 etc -> .
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Apr 15 12:51 fd.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Apr 15 12:51 first.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Apr 15 12:51 generic.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 784 Apr 15 12:51 ieee32.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1712128 Jun 23 16:37
initrd.img-2.4.20-mppe
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7128 Apr 15 12:51 isofs.b
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Jun 17 13:34 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7680 Jun 17 13:41 old.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62464 Jun 18 07:47 second.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 141 Jun 23 16:41 silo.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60173 Apr 15 12:51 silotftp.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Apr 15 12:51 ultra.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1564123 Jun 23 13:10 vmlinuz-2.4.20-mppe
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1378860 Jun 5 13:23 vmlinuz-2.4.21
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
SILO boot:
Uncompressing image...
/
Decompression error: uncompressed image too long - wouldn't fit into
destination
Error loading /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-mppe
Image not found.... try again
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