Re: Bug in kernel - how to make big kernel bootable with GRUB (was Re: Linux 2.4.0-Test{1,2} with Grub (I think I found the answer))

From: OKUJI Yoshinori (okuji@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
Date: Fri Jul 14 2000 - 06:18:10 EST


From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: Bug in kernel - how to make big kernel bootable with GRUB (was Re: Linux 2.4.0-Test{1,2} with Grub (I think I found the answer))
Date: 13 Jul 2000 23:01:05 -0700

> Victor: this field is obsolete and should only be used by the kernel
> boot sector. It's a bug in GRUB that it even looks at this field --
> it should load the size of the kernel image file, period.

  How to determine if a field is obsolete or shouldn't be used by
other boot loaders? Shouldn't even SETUP_SECTS be used?

Okuji

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