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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