Re: Re[4]: cannot copy files larger than 40 MB from CD

[Chris Vandomelen]

> On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 16:58:06 -0700 (PDT) Chris Vandomelen <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> CV> > Tried vfat, ext2 and reiserfs.
> CV> >
> CV> > BTW, kernel is compiled with gcc-2.96-85, glibc-2.2.2-10 (RH 7.1) if
> CV>                                ^^^^^^^^^^^
> CV> > that matters.
> CV>
> CV> Have you tried compiling your kernel using kgcc?
>
> No.
>
> CV> gcc-2.96.* is known to compile code incorrectly AFAIK, and shouldn't be
> CV> used for compiling kernels. (kgcc is egcs-1.1.2, I think.)
>
> As I remember Alan said recent 2.4 kernels should be compiled with gcc 2.95
> or 2.96 (preferably?).

Everything that I've seen recommends egcs-1.1.2. The kernel documentation
(linux/Documentation/Changes) recommends that version of egcs, as do some
list messages around 12/00.

Chris