Re: [newbie] outrageous memory usage and still no MandrakeUpdate
I don't think that should be a problem. From my experience, the partition containing the /boot directory must reside below the 1024th cylinder. HTH, Matt From: Morris Walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] outrageous memory usage and still no MandrakeUpdate Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 01:05:26 -0500 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 . 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, cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 128 1028128+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 129 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 1085514048+ 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] __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] outrageous memory usage and still no MandrakeUpdate
Try replacing "make bzImage" for "make zImage". I had a similar problem and the above worked for me. Matt From: Morris Walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] outrageous memory usage and still no MandrakeUpdate Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:21:02 -0500 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] __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] outrageous memory usage and still no MandrakeUpdate
"Morris" == Morris Walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Morris Could this be the problem, since the swap partition spans Morris beyond the 1024 cylinder boundary. No. -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1.8 XEmacs and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.14-15mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Jan 21 St Agnes "You have demonstrated at least in my adult lifetime a higher commitment to the kind of moral leadership that I value in public service and public policy than any person that I have ever met." [Democratic National Committee Chairman Steve Grossman to President Clinton 9/14/98]
[newbie] outrageous memory usage and still no MandrakeUpdate
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]
Re: [newbie] outrageous memory usage and still no MandrakeUpdate
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]
Re: [newbie] outrageous memory usage and still no MandrakeUpdate
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 . 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, cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 128 1028128+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 129 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 1085514048+ 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]
[newbie] outrageous memory usage and still no MandrakeUpdate
"Morris" == Morris Walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] Morris attention to the xosview. According to the utility, I am Morris using 245M/256 M (I just added another 128 yesterday). Morris This includes USED+SHAR/BUFF/CACHE. I'm thinking that I Morris need to recompile the kernel, and remove some of the Morris excess, since I did a custom install and selected Morris everything. However, when I do the make zImage, I get This will not be the reason why your system locks up. Linux is much more efficient at using RAM than MS Windows. Linux will cache data and code, using as much RAM as is available. It is not that you are running low on RAM, but that Linux is putting the RAM you paid for, to good use. It does sound that you have either a lot of processes running, using the available memory, or something you are running isn't releasing memory when it is unneeded. What does 'top' display over time? Morris 3536 bytes. System is 642 kB System is too big. Try using Morris bzImage or modules. Morris Too big for what? Too big to boot. Instead of doing 'make zImage', do 'make bzImage', or use modules instead of compiling items into the kernel. -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1.8 XEmacs and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.14-15mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Jan 21 St Agnes "A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it." - [G.K. Chesterton, in Everlasting Man, 1925]
