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From: adam@veda.is (Adam David)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Kernel Error (sort of)
Message-ID: <C8K68K.8ME@veda.is>
Date: 13 Jun 93 11:50:29 GMT
References: <1vedus$2ns@stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu>
Organization: Veda Systems, Iceland
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altitude@css.itd.umich.edu (Alex Tang) writes:

>loader overlaps bss, kernel must bzero

>what does this mean?  Should I worry, b/c it boots fine except for that.  

Nothing to worry about. It just means the kernel load size is bigger than
the loader address (default 576 kB). You won't get any trouble unless the
kernel is much closer to the 640 kB limit, when the loader stack gets
clobbered by the zeroing of the bss. If the kernel boots and runs, you
can be sure that this problem did not happen.

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adam@veda.is