Re: Kernel 2.4.6

> I tried this and the resulting zImage seems to be too large to flash.

It is. You need a larger kernel partition. Yes, that means you'll lose part
of your root partition; it can't be helped. Familiar 0.5 will require this
repartitioning, anyway.

You will need to back up your root partition, resise your partitions (the
kernel partition should now be 768K instead of 512K), reflash both the
kernel and the bootstrap or complete familiar jffs2 images, and then restore
whatever additional files you had added or changed from your backup.

*This cannot be stressed enough: back up anything you care about before you
 proceed! There's no way back*

Important: remember to resize *both* partitions, or your new, larger kernel
partition will stomp the head of root.

boot> partition reset
boot> partition define kernel 0x80000 0xc0000 0
boot> partition define root 0x100000 0xec0000 16

This will give you a 768K kernel and a 14.75M /root. (your remaining .5M is
where the bootloader lives).

DISCLAIMER: I have not tried this procedure myself; I am responding because
no-one else had, yet, and I remember the procedure from earlier discussions.

Mikey
Received on Mon Sep 10 07:10:12 2001