Re: [TCLUG:11361] Caution: wide load

[Dave Erickson <gsa700@mediaone.net>]

Christopher Reid Palmer wrote:
> 
> I've got a fresh install of Macmillan 6.5 (=Mandrake 6.1), and I must say,
> I'm beginning to see why people don't like Red Hat. :] All along I've been
> happy with my solid 4.2 and 5.2 systems, and now this. Many things are
> inexplicably b0rked.
> 
> But that's a rant for another day.
> 
> My trouble is that this is the first time I've used Linux 2.2 (2.2.13 to
> be exact) and I can't seem to get everything in the kernel that I want. I
> want to have my Ethernet driver and my sound card driver compiled into the
> kernel at once, not modules. They work better (read: they work) when
> compiled directly into the kernel. (For example, when compiled as a
> module, my sound card driver (SB16) think there is no /dev/dsp, and then
> then the audio program that forced the loading of the module (e.g.,
> mpg123(1)) bombs out, saying /dev/dsp does not exist.)

Does /dev/dsp exist? Try "cd /dev", "./MAKEDEV audio" then set your
permissions.
 
> If I do compile everything directly into the kernel, LILO fails to
> install, saying the kernel is too big (~450KB). What's up with that?
> Compiling as 'make bzImage' (vs. 'zImage') doesn't seem to make a
> difference.
> 
> Any clues?


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Dave Erickson
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