[Linux-ia64] Re: RE: Out of memory panic on boot...

Ross Ridge (ross@sitraka.com) said: 
> Ken Hill writes:
> > sounds like you copied the kernel to /boot/efi using the copy
> > command instead of using cat.
> 
> Just out of curiousity does anyone know why using "cp" rather than
> "cat" would be a problem?  I can't find anything in the archives for
> this mailing list explaining the problem.  My only guess is some sort
> of bug involving sparse files.

There was a problem with this in earlier kernels. I think it's been
fixed for a few months now.

Bill