A newbie question: 1) What's System map file, and where is it created relative to the kernel source directory during kernel compilation?
2) (perhaps related to (1) above) Wheneve I try creating a boot floppy, using 'installkernel ', I get a problem as follows: Creating a lilo bootdisk... mkdir /tmp/boot7403mke2fs -q /dev/fd0mke2fs 1.19, 13-Jul-2000 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /tmp/boot7403cd /tmp/boot7403cp /boot/vmlinuz /boot/boot.b .lilo -C - <<-EOF2Fatal: geo_comp_addr: Cylinder number is too big (1053 > 1023) set +e; cd /; umount /dev/fd0; rmdir /tmp/boot7403 There was a problem creating the boot diskette. Please make sure that you inserted the diskette into the correct drive and that the disketteis not write-protected. [End of printout] (I opened the file in win98 notepad, which does not read \n correctly. Had to add newlines myself) What's the deal??? 3) In windows there is the idea of formating a partition or a floppy. Debian installation seem to do something similar. How does it work in Linux, and what is the utility that does it? 4) When compiling the kernel, does moving functionality into modules reduces performance, and if so, is it worth cutting the size of the kernel image? Thanks a lot! _______________________________________________________________________ Alexander Gutfraind (sasha) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
