Re 3) I don't have a lot of experience with this as I've usually just let the Debian install procedure set up the hard disk for me. As far as partitioning the drive goes, Linux has an fdisk utility that is sort of the counterpart of the MS-DOS / Windows fdisk utility (check the man page / documentation).
I believe that the Linux mkfs utility is the closest equivalent to the MS-DOS / Windows format command. Again, check the man page / documentation for its options. Anybody else out there feel free to correct me if I'm way off base here, as I'm not exactly an old hand at Linux. I am not at all qualified to answer 4) for you. Sorry. I have also entered the Linux world from the Windows world, as I suspect you have, and can sympathize with you as far as the learning curve goes. Hang in there. Tom Delany ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Delany" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alexander Gutfraind (Sasha)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 12:59 PM Subject: Re: compiling the kernel > Re: 1) The file System.map is created in the /usr/src/linux subdirectory. > > 2) Looks like you have a hard disk that has > 1024 cylinders. Go to the > /etc subdirectory. > Edit the file lilo.conf and add the line: > lba32 > > to the file somewhere. (You'll need to be logged in as root, or use the su > command.) That should solve the Lilo problem. > > Text files in Linux are different than Windows. Wordpad will display them > correctly. > > Maybe someone else can help with 3) and 4). > > Tom Delany > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alexander Gutfraind (Sasha)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 1:25 AM > Subject: compiling the kernel > > > > 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] > > >
