Actually...it isn't needed. Running now with uncompressed kernel (o; Now I have just to figure the best way to support the ALi 5451 sound chip on my Sunblade 100. At least I get some sound now, although only with mpg123 now (xmms messes up) and freeamp core dumps (o;
thanx for your feedback Rick > Actually, the compression part isn't needed on Sun machines. If I remember > correctly, its actually NOT a good idea on slower machines to compress the > kernel. It only saves disk space and maybe, fractionally initial disk load > time. (Which on slower machines is lost during the un-compression step) > That's mostly a vestige of the x86 systems that have the memory issues. > (Suns don't have the memory issues that the x86s have) I know at least for > my little SparcClassic, it works just fine without the compression. > > As to the original question from Richard, I believe that's everything you > have to do. With the addendum that Joseph had of modifying silo.conf if > you're moving vmlinux to a specific version name. > > *************************************************************************** > Bob Schaefer��������������������������� | "Where's the Kaboom?� There's > work: [EMAIL PROTECTED]� |� supposed to be an Earth- > home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]������������ |� shattering Kaboom!" - Marvin > phone: 330-659-1842�������������������� |� Martian "Hare-Way to the Stars" > *************************************************************************** > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Gordon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 9:26 AM > To: Richard Klingler > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] char-major-11 > > > The last part, moving vmlinux to /boot is done with gzip -c --best vmlinux > > vmlinuz (or vmlinuz.2.4.xx) and update silo.conf if required. > While I'm thinking about it, does anyone know why when I compiled Reiserfs > support into the kernel it caused a panic. It appears to be useless as a > module > since it complains that the kernel doesn't include Reiserfs support. > > Richard Klingler wrote: > > > Morning (o; > > > > I am running finally SuSE Sparc 7.3 on my Sunblade 100 thanx to > > downgrading OpenBoot to 4.5.9 (o; > > > > Why do I get lots of "can't locate char-major-11" on the console? > > > > Also I'm recompiling the kernel with 2.4.20 'cause 2.4.14 has > > no support for the Sunblade 100 soundchip. So the right steps > > would just be: > > > > make vmlinux > > make modules > > make modules_install > > > > and move the vmlinux and System-map to /boot? > > > > thanx for feedback > > Rick > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Joe Gordon email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Bristol-Myers Squibb phone: 609.818.3909 > PRI - Informatics Div. fax: 609.818.7693 > Hopewell, NJ 08534 > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
