Could this be the problem, since the swap partition spans beyond
the 1024 cylinder boundary.
If so, suggestions for remedy?
Thanks,
morris
[root@heliopause morris]# fdisk /dev/sda
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1111.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1111 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 128 1028128+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 129 1111 7895947+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 129 383 2048256 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 384 638 2048256 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 639 893 2048256 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 894 1021 1028128+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 1022 1085 514048+ 82 Linux swap
Command (m for
help):
Morris Walton wrote:
>
> MandrakeUpdate started to work for me again.... I would swear that
> the mirror sites did not have the update directory/link for several
> days.....
>
> thanks,
>
> morris
>
> Morris Walton wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to isolate a lock-up problem that I have mentioned here
> > before. Namely, my system seems to lock up after 36hrs. I started
> > running and paying closer attention to the xosview. According to the
> > utility, I am using 245M/256 M (I just added another 128 yesterday).
> > This includes USED+SHAR/BUFF/CACHE. I'm thinking that I need to
> > recompile the kernel, and remove some of the excess, since I did a
> > custom install and selected everything. However, when I do the make
> > zImage, I get
> >
> > objcopy -O binary -R .note -R .comment -S compressed/vmlinux
> > compressed/vmlinux.out
> > tools/build bootsect setup compressed/vmlinux.out CURRENT > zImage
> > Root device is (8, 1)
> > Boot sector 512 bytes.
> > Setup is 3536 bytes.
> > System is 642 kB
> > System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.
> >
> > Too big for what?
> >
> > Also, Am I the only one who is experiencing problems with
> > MandrakeUpdate?
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > morris
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
