Re: 2.4.6 kernel note

From: Colin Marquardt <colin.a.t.marquardt-home.de>
Date: Thu Aug 16 2001 - 22:44:57 EDT

Kevin Holbrook <holbrook@metrowerks.com> writes:

> On the web page "http://www.handhelds.org/z/wiki/Linux2.4.6"
> there is a note saying "make sure you have a 768k kernel partition - not 512k"
> or it will fail.

It did for me, so that's why I wrote this note.

> With "zImage-2.4.6-rmk1-np2-fam4" the opposite seems to be true.
> If I set a larger 768k kernel partition I get the error
> "invalid compressed format (err=1)", but with 512k it works fine.
>
> Is the note for all 2.4.6 kernel images or only particular ones?
> The web page says "Installing 2.4.6.10" but I have no idea what the
> "10" is in reference to.

I just tried the devfs one. You might want to add your observations
to the Wiki if nobody comes up with an explanation. The .10 might
just be a typo...

Cheers,
  Colin

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