I have the same problem (i.e., error message) with an old Pentium 100
with 2.4.0-test4. My system will not boot a bzImage either. I would
rather boot a bzImage instead of a zImage because it is getting more
and more difficult to build a kernel that is small enough to use a
zImage version.
I would like to use the 2.4.0 version for its USB support and the MTD
(the 65 to 128 Mb are not cached by CPU so it would be better to use
that extra memory as swap).
Thank you for the Linux kernel.
Chris
Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca> writes:
> I wrote:
> > Hi, all. Just booted 2.4.0-test5-pre2 (last one was
> > 2.4.0-test4-pre2) and it fails right at the beginning. I get an out of
> > memory error and then "System halted". Boo hiss.
> > Even passing in mem= doesn't help.
> >
> > Dell Inspiron 3200, UP kernel. I just upgraded to binutils 2.9.1.0.25
> > as well.
>
> That was a zImage. Booting a bzImage (something I've never needed to
> do before because I had a slimmed down kernel) works fine.
> Sigh.
>
> Maybe we should just remove zImage? Or at least put in a better trap
> for kernels which are too large (assuming this wasn't just a plain bug
> that got introduced recently).
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard....
> Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
> Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
>
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