On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 07:01:28PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 05:06:44PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 04:04:25PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > > Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:58:58 -0300 Rogério Brito wrote: > > > > Note to self: when replacing the zImage on the HFS boot floppy, one has > > > > to use the vmlinux image compressed with gzip, like this: > > > > > > > gzip -9 vmlinux > > > > hmount /dev/fd0 > > > > hcopy vmlinux.gz :zImage > > > > humount /dev/fd0 > > > > > > > No other image that I tried worked. But it was nice to (re)-discover how > > > > one makes a boot floppy for an OldWorld Mac. > > > > > > I tried to repeat what Rogério Brito did (using the same kernel-source > > > (version 2.6.13-rc6-mm1), and the .config posted by Brito to the > > > lkml). > > [...] > > > See, you need to reduce the size of this kernel. Make sure to post your > > .config file once you are done with it. > > Yes I understand that, but what I don't understand is why Rogério > succeeded when I don't. As I wrote above, I did use the same .config > as he and the same kernel-sources.
probably not the exact ones. Or did you maybe not strip them or something ? > Could it be different compilers used? I used a pure sarge system to > compile. Should be ok. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
