Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 5 Feb 2001 12:16:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 5 Feb 2001 12:16:08 -0500 Received: from filesrv1.baby-dragons.com ([199.33.245.55]:42503 "EHLO filesrv1.baby-dragons.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 5 Feb 2001 12:15:54 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 09:15:52 -0800 (PST) From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" To: Linux Kernel Maillist Subject: Linux2.4.1-pre1, Kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello All , I like the warning Ladies & Gents . But when did it first appear ? I seem to have missed the announcement in the change logs . Tia , JimL make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.2-pre1/arch/i386/boot/compressed' gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o tools/build tools/build.c -I/usr/src/linux/include objcopy -O binary -R .note -R .comment -S compressed/bvmlinux compressed/bvmlinux.out tools/build -b bbootsect bsetup compressed/bvmlinux.out CURRENT > bzImage Root device is (8, 1) Boot sector 512 bytes. Setup is 4512 bytes. System is 1418 kB warning: kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | 25416 22nd So | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | DesMoines WA 98198 | only on AXP | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/