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From: ats@bsd386.first.gmd.de (Andreas Schulz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Kernel Error (sort of)
Message-ID: <3605@bigfoot.first.gmd.de>
Date: 13 Jun 93 11:04:02 GMT
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In article <1vedus$2ns@stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu> altitude@css.itd.umich.edu (Alex Tang) writes:
>Hi again.  i've just recompiled my kernel so I can use the Adaptec 1740 Scsi
>controller.  I get this error (or warning) when i reboot now: 
>loader overlaps bss, kernel must bzero
>
>what does this mean?  Should I worry, b/c it boots fine except for that.  

No , you don't have to worry. But you can try to get your kernel
smaller and remove all unneeded drivers in them. The loader loads
itself in the first 640Kb in the higher addresses and then loads
the kernel into the lower addresses. If the kernel gets to big,
it will reach up into the loader addresses.

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