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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!duncan
From: duncan@netcom.com (Donald K. Duncan)
Subject: Re: patchkit-0.2.2 kernel re-build too big!?
Message-ID: <duncanC4D7wD.F9@netcom.com>
Summary: similar problems with Gene's silo bugfix
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
References: <1993Mar23.183656.25900@melb.bull.oz.au>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 23:29:01 GMT
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In article <1993Mar23.183656.25900@melb.bull.oz.au>, sjg@melb.bull.oz.au (Simon J Gerraty) writes:
> 
>... 
> 
> I ran config, make depend, make etc all ok
> cp'd the new kernel to / and rebooted.
> The boot loader said:
> 
> File too big to load - didn't load 386bsd
> 
>... 
> 
> The data and bss segments are _much_ larger - why?
> Does adding a second swap device account for it?
> I only got the thing back under 0x9000 by cutting the text to
> well under 400000.
> 
> Has anyone else noticed this problem?  
> I'm re-building everything at present and will try again after
> that. 
> -- 
> Simon J. Gerraty        <sjg@zen.void.oz.au>            (home)
> 

I didn't have these problems when upgrading to pl-0.2.2 but these
symptoms are the same as I had when using Gene's silo overflow
bugfix patches.  Gene said to use Julian's bootblocks.  I am.
I haven't patched the 0.2.2 sources yet with Genes patches.
Perhaps someone has a solution to loading large kernels.

-- 
duncan@zycad.com (Donald Duncan)