Re: Kernel to big for lilo?

Mustafa (mustafa@bimel.com.tr)
Wed, 25 Dec 1996 10:41:49 +0200 (EET)


On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, David Sherburne wrote:

'make bzImage' (bigzImage) must solve your problem ..

>
> I am having a similar problem to the followin e-mail :
>
> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 14:25:42 -0900 (AKST)
> From: Britton <fsblk@aurora.alaska.edu>
> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Cc: linux-kernel-digest@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: linux-kernel-digest V1 #672
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Precedence: bulk
> Status: U
>
>
>
> This question is basic but it is kernel-related. I am trying to upgrade
> from 1.2.13 to 2.0.27 and everything works well except the kernel
> generated is not compressed. It is over 1 M and lilo says this is too
> big. I am using make dep ; make clean ; make zImage as in the README.
> The only thing that I can think of that might be getting me is the fact
> that I am not compiling in the standard directory since I'm not ready to
> replace everything yet. The compilation mechanism seems well aware of
> this fact, however, and it seems unlikely it would get confused on the
> last stage. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks to the
> person/people who wrote menuconfig, it helps lots.
>
>
>
> ----------------
>
> I also have rebuilt the kernel to enable networking using TCP/IP but lilo
> complains about the size of the new kernel (anybody know why?). I am
> presently running Linux 2.0.0 (Slackware 3.0) on P6 200MHz with 99MB RAM.
> When I originally configured lilo I answered yes to putting it on the
> Master Boot Record (are there any other options? and what does this mean?).
>
> Thanks in advance
> -Dave
>
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Mustafa@hitit.bimel.com.tr
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