Re: [PLUG] NFSROOT problems...

2009-12-29 Thread Larry Brigman
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Michael Robinson
plu...@robinson-west.com wrote:
 I'm trying to create a new kernel to boot from.  The old kernel has ACPI
 support and it is locking up on boot.  I'm trying to compile a 2.6.27.39
 kernel and the bzImage file is too big.  I need it to be 1.4 megs or
 smaller where I'm 200k too big.  Is there any way around this limitation
 that etherboot seems to impose?

There is a section in the general to build for memory limited systems.  This
should cut down on the size.

If you are doing nfsroot you could also boot this off the network.
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Re: [PLUG] NFSROOT problems...

2009-12-28 Thread drew wymore
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Michael Robinson plu...@robinson-west.com
 wrote:

 I'm trying to create a new kernel to boot from.  The old kernel has ACPI
 support and it is locking up on boot.  I'm trying to compile a 2.6.27.39
 kernel and the bzImage file is too big.  I need it to be 1.4 megs or
 smaller where I'm 200k too big.  Is there any way around this limitation
 that etherboot seems to impose?

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Make everything but what is absolutely necessary modular?
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