Re: [Etherboot-developers] Problem with mknbi-linux-1.2-4

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>  mknbi-linux --output=vmlinuz.ltsp  \
>                 --append="init=/linuxrc "   \
>                 --rootdir="/dev/ram0"        \
>                 bzImage                                \
>                 /tmp/initrd.ltsp.gz
>
>
>bzImage is  658631 bytes
>initrd.ltsp.gz is  864103 bytes
>
>When I run disnbi -e vmlinuz.ltsp, I get this:
>
>-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          512 Sep 19 16:21 nbidir
>-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         4608 Sep 19 16:21 segment0
>-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          512 Sep 19 16:21 segment1
>-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          512 Sep 19 16:21 segment2
>-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         4608 Sep 19 16:21 segment3
>-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       653824 Sep 19 16:21 segment4
>-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       864256 Sep 19 16:21 segment5
>
>I don't know enough about the segments, but it looks like segment4 is 
>the kernel, but
>it is somewhat smaller.

That's ok, the segment excludes the bootblock and the setup blocks.

>And, segment5 is the initrd image, and it is slightly larger.

That's ok, it's padded up 4k.

>I can continue using mknbi-1.2-2, but I figure there may be a problem that
>you all need to take a look at.

That's strange because there have been no changes in that area.

Also I just tested mknbi-1.2.4 with a 5.0.4 bootrom and the images load
with no problems, both NBI and ELF images.

You're sure your kernel is not too large and colliding with Etherboot?
Is it a zImage or a bzImage?