On 26-Sep-2001 Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 02:39:44PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> no I forgot, I am going to try with it. But why the kernel which is in the >> kernel-image-2.2.19-pmac package has a size of 2.7Mo, and the kernel I >> generate from its .config has a size of 1Mo? > > That's not right. Are you using the same kernel type? The 2.7Mb one is > 'vmlinux', at the top of the build directory, not a compressed image. >
ok, I see. >> And an other question, what is the difference between a vmlinux kernel and a >> vmlinux.coff kernel? > > COFF is another bootable format. It's what the floppies need. It'll > appear under arch/ppc/ after you build. you mean I should not use arch/ppc/boot/zvmlinux for a bootdisk? That's a very interesting information since I always used this one :) and that's probably why it never worked. I suppose the right one is arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.coff . thanks a lot for this info. If you know more about making a bootable cd with that all, it will be great too... > > -- > Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University > MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
