On Thursday 23 August 2001 11:03 am, Tim Wunder wrote:
> More info and a possible solution:
>
> Here's the error output from the make bzImage:
> pdc202xx.c: In function `config_chipset_for_dma':
> pdc202xx.c:528: warning: `drive_pci' might be used uninitialized in this
> function
> make[4]: Circular passthrough.h <- hwaccess.h dependency dropped.
> sb_card.c:512: warning: `id_table' defined but not used
> dpcm.c: In function `dpcm_transport':
> dpcm.c:46: warning: unused variable `ret'
> namei.c: In function `msdos_lookup':
> namei.c:237: warning: implicit declaration of function `fat_brelse'
> namei.c: In function `msdos_add_entry':
> namei.c:266: warning: implicit declaration of function
> `fat_mark_buffer_dirty'
> dmi_scan.c:181: warning: `disable_ide_dma' defined but not used
> Root device is (3, 66)
> Boot sector 512 bytes.
> Setup is 4529 bytes.
> System is 1153 kB
> warning: kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy
>
>
> Someone recently mentioned to me that the last error regarding "kernel
> is too big..." oftentimes results in an unbootable kernel. His
> recommendation was to build everything in as modules and not to compile
> anything extra into the kernel.
>
> Sound feasible?
Yes... almost everything with the possible exceptions of your nic card
driver, HD driver (scsi for example) and your main filesystem.
In otherwords, it is usually a good thing to avoid the need for the initrd
file (loaded with code at boot time) as much as possible unless you are quite
familiar with its setup and use.
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