On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 09:22:50PM -0800, Chandrasekar Balasubramaniam wrote: > > The kernel is a self compiled one ,I checked out the > size,it is abt 10MB. How could I then proceed with > making boot disk now? >
10 MB !!! This is really HHHUUUGGGEEE ! Is it a stati- cally compiled kernel with *ALL* options built in ? You just cannot make a boot disk with this no matter what you do. A CD perhaps .. but boot disk .. NO way ! There is something wrong with your kernel compile. Pl remove all redundant modules which are not needed by your hardware ... recompile. For hardware not freq- uently used, load them as modules and shrink to an acceptable size. For most systems stock kernels are good enough. The requirement of compilation arises only under special circumstances (to accomodate specific hardware/ soft- ware not catered by stock kernels), and not otherwise HTH Bish > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 09:21:51PM -0800, Chandrasekar > Balasubramaniam > wrote: > > > > I tried to make a boot disk for linux using > > mkbootdisk command.It gave me an error message > > saying that "not enough space in the disk". I > > then tried formatting the disk and then trying > > it out. Even then is gives me the same message. > > Can anyone clarify this. > > > ---end quoted text--- > > I am not on RH, however, can give this a try. AFAIK, > mkboot disk makes a LILO boot disk taking the exist- > ing kernel from /boot. All default kernels should > fit on a 1.44 MB. Is it a stock kernel, or self com- > piled ? Check kernel size please. > > Bish. > -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Copying from Linux to Win partition LOST #005 Method 1: To copy a file from Linux to a Windows partition #mkdir /mnt/dos-c (if mount point does not exist) #mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos-c #cp /path/filename /mnt/dos-c/path/ #umount /mnt/dos-c ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
