Re: Re[2]: cannot copy files larger than 40 MB from CD

[David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se>]

On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 04:14:39PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > Tried vfat, ext2 and reiserfs.
> > >
> > > BTW, kernel is compiled with gcc-2.96-85, glibc-2.2.2-10 (RH 7.1) if
> >                                ^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > that matters.
> > 
> > Have you tried compiling your kernel using kgcc?
> > 
> > gcc-2.96.* is known to compile code incorrectly AFAIK, and shouldn't be
> > used for compiling kernels. (kgcc is egcs-1.1.2, I think.)
> 
> [x86 hat on]
> 
> egcs-1.1.2 aka kgcc wont build 2.4.7 it seems. gcc 2.96 >= 2.96.75 or so is
> just fine, gcc 2.95-2/3 is fine, gcc 3.0 seems to be doing the right thing

gcc 2.95.4 seem to be working too.


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