> On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Timm Gleason wrote:
>
> > Yes, I've done this. However, when trying to use that kernel on a floppy
> > disk for installation (we build nearly 50 servers a month for our business),
> > you cannot boot off of a floppy using that kind of kernel image.
> >
>
> That is a problem with bzimage, some systems just do not like them. I have
> a system that will not boot a bzimage kernel. I have had some luck with
> making as much as I can as modules (except for the initial hard disk
> support) and shutting off support for everything I do not need. In other
> words, pare that kernel down as much as you can and keep trying zImage. I
> do not know what it is about those certain systems but I have never been
> able to get this one system here to ever boot a bzImage kernel.
>
> > Timm Gleason
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Peter Svensson [mailto:petersv@psv.nu]
> > > Sent: Monday, November 30, 1998 3:30 PM
> > > To: Timm Gleason
> > > Cc: linux-kernel
> > > Subject: Re: Problems with to large of a kernel
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Timm Gleason wrote:
> > >
> > > > Out of the box, it's too damn big. How is one supposed to add
> > > the features
> > > > that one needs of the default set of configuration choices is too big to
> > > > begin with?
> > >
> > > You can use bzImage:s instead (just use make bzImage instead of make
> > > zImage). Resonably modern versions of lilo/loadlin etc handle the new
> > > format.
> > >
> > > Peter
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> >
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I've asked this before, but......
My Dell Dimension XPS Pro200n seems to have some power management capabilities,
but...... When I turn on power management in the cmos setup, the next time I boot
the machine, it starts out looking fine, but then, around when my LILO prompt
generally appears, I hear a few musical notes and the computer turns itself
off---a thing it never does when I tell it to (grumble). I have tried booting
from a raw-kernel floppy (bzimage) but with the same result. This isn't crucial,
but I sure wish it would work......
Dell tech support was thoroughly unhelpful, claiming that modern operating systems
do their own power management, and I don't need this option. BS.
David Feuer
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