On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, robert_wilhelm_land wrote: > Would someone kindly help in understanding all those new files after > launching "make zImage"? They are artifacts of the kernel compile and link.
> In /usr/src/linux/ a vmlinux exe file, ~1,2 MB large. > In /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/ a zImage with -rw-.. and 0.5MB 'small'. This file must be copied to /boot and edited into /etc/lilo.conf so that you can boot your new kernel. > In /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/compressed/ - > vmlinux (executable, -rwx...) ,>0.5 MB small > vmlinux.out (executable, -rwx...) and >0.5 MB small > I'm quite pertubed about these files since I never had heard/read of > and noone seems to bother about them. Quite understandable -- you didn't expect that a kernel compile would generate so much disk overhead. And the compile has generated many hundreds of other files that you have not mentioned. Better do a 'df' and see what disk space you have left. I hope you have enough left to do 'make modules'. It generates a ton more. If you don't, it is possible to compile a kernel for this box on one with more capability. > Would compiling a 2.2.x kernel create the same (useless?) files? Yes. You'll have to discuss the uselessness of these files with Linus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). After you are finished, 'make clean' will remove a lot of them. > Additional - where does "dmesg" extract the messages out of? The files > mentioned in man dmesg are empty, so I guess they're in RAM? They are in /var/log/messages. Dwight -- Dwight Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
