Re: memory limitations

Thanks for the help. I will be sure to read all the material you have
suggested before I go any further. Once again, thanks for you help. I'll
let you know how I make out.

Pat Spatola
Unix Administrator
Berkley Technology Services
302-439-2006
[email protected]


                                                                                                                       
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On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 [email protected] wrote:

> Thanks for the help. I ran the make menuconfig and changed the high
memeory
> attribute to 64GB. Ran the 'make dep' command which completed
successfully.
> Do I need to reboot to move the new kernel into place?
>

No, you're not there yet: 'make dep' updates just the dependencies inside
the
source tree.

You have to 'make bzImage' to actually create a kernel, then 'make modules'
to
recompile the modules - aka runtime insertable/removable drivers.

At this point, everything is ready, but yet to be installed: your new
kernel is
placed at

 _kernel_source_top_/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage

so copy it into /boot, let's say to

 /boot/vmlinuz-2.4._stick_your_version_here_-very-large-mem

and then install the new modules with 'make modules_install'. If your
system
requires any of these new modules in order to boot, you could also have to
update your initrd image at

 /boot/initrd-...

Chances are you don't need this step, but if you do and skip it, your
system
won't boot with the new kernel.

The final step is to configure your boot loader - which still doesn't know
anything about your new toy - to look for it. If you use the default
install of
grub, the config file is /boot/grub/grub.conf; should you be using LILO, go
for /etc/lilo.conf (and remember to rerun LILO after you change it!).

But please, before doing anything, READ CAREFULLY _AT_LEAST_ THESE DOCS:
- _kernel_source_/README
- _kernel_source_/Documentation/initrd.txt
- 'info grub' or 'man lilo.conf'

Hope this helps to clear up your way a little bit!

Ant9000

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