From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 17:04:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 17:04:33 -0500 Received: from adsl-209-182-168-213.value.net ([209.182.168.213]:6406 "EHLO draco.foogod.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 17:04:18 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:04:11 -0800 From: alex@foogod.com To: Jordan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: can't build small enough zImage for floppy Message-ID: <20010112140411.B5625@draco.foogod.com> In-Reply-To: <3A5F7BA7.B2FF852B@pcc.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3us In-Reply-To: <3A5F7BA7.B2FF852B@pcc.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 03:48:23PM -0600, Jordan wrote: > 1st, the Sony Vaio Z505HS appears to be an example of a machine which > will not boot a bzImage correctly, compaining about the compression > format. I can say from experience that this is not the case. In fact, the kernel binaries (RPM) I provide on my Z505 page (http://www.foogod.com/z505_linux) are bzImages (currently those are still test5, though I have used later ones on my own machine as well, and will probably be upgrading the page to 2.4.0 final eventually). I will admit that I haven't tried booting them from a floppy.. perhaps this is where the problem lies. The Z505HS does have a USB floppy drive, which is the only thing I can think of that's different from most other machines which might affect this, but I do know that that doesn't stop a 2.2 kernel from booting off of it (though there are problems accessing the floppy after the initial boot without USB drivers, of course) I will look into building a 2.4.0 floppy-bootable kernel on my Z505 and see if I can reproduce the problems you're having. -alex - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/