Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 12 Aug 1997 20:18:00 GMT
From:      Adam David <adam@veda.is>
To:        taavi@uninet.ee (Taavi Talvik)
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kernel with symbol table..
Message-ID:  <199708122018.UAA00721@ubiq.veda.is>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.970807223922.2682A-100000@ns.uninet.ee>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>I have configred kernel with "config -g BLAAH". However,
>when startig up it hangs after messages:

>Preserving kernel symbol table...
>Real memory reported by BIOS != ...

You need to strip -d the kernel before installing it. You only need the
symbols for actual debug sessions, and there you would load them from the
unstripped copy. Alternatively you could buy lots of memory and waste it. ;)

There is a section on debugging kernels in the handbook.

--
Adam David <adam@veda.is>



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199708122018.UAA00721>