Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Mon, 01 Mar 1999 12:19:01 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        eT <edebruin@iname.com>
Cc:        Hackers FreeBSD <hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: config -g KERNEL 
Message-ID:  <199903012019.MAA00514@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 Mar 1999 13:02:33 %2B0100." <36DA81D8.A2D7CC57@iname.com> 

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> greets...
> 
> i am doing some kernel debugging and tracing and have suddently received a
> message when the kernel boots about there being too many symbols and that
> there is some kindof BIOS limit?
> 
> C:2048>1023 (bios limit)

Parts of the root filesystem (and hence the kernel) extend beyond the 
1024 cylinder mark, and cannot be read using the BIOS.  Your disk 
layout sucks, and you need to shrink/move your root filesystem.

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com




To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199903012019.MAA00514>