Re: Re[2]: cannot copy files larger than 40 MB from CD

[Alan Cox]

> > Tried vfat, ext2 and reiserfs.
> >
> > BTW, kernel is compiled with gcc-2.96-85, glibc-2.2.2-10 (RH 7.1) if
>                                ^^^^^^^^^^^
> > that matters.
> 
> Have you tried compiling your kernel using kgcc?
> 
> gcc-2.96.* is known to compile code incorrectly AFAIK, and shouldn't be
> used for compiling kernels. (kgcc is egcs-1.1.2, I think.)

[x86 hat on]

egcs-1.1.2 aka kgcc wont build 2.4.7 it seems. gcc 2.96 >= 2.96.75 or so is
just fine, gcc 2.95-2/3 is fine, gcc 3.0 seems to be doing the right thing