Subject: Re: Boot blocks croak on kernels with full debug table
To: Craig Metz <cmetz@inner.net>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/21/1996 10:24:01
On Tue, 21 May 1996 07:46:37 -0400 
 Craig Metz <cmetz@inner.net> wrote:

 > 	Whenever I attempt to boot a NetBSD kernel that has the full
 > debug table in it, the boot loader (v1.27 & v1.28) prints the appropriate 
 > segment breakdown and appears to be properly reading the kernel, but, when
 > it would normally jump to the kernel's entry point and start running, my
 > system goes off into never-never land. Is this problem being worked on?

Ick ... I thought the kernel size limit disappeared a long time ago.  I 
wonder if anyone was aware of it :-)

How big is your kernel with debugging symbols?

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