Re: Problems with to large of a kernel

weirdow (WeiRdoW@dma.be)
Tue, 01 Dec 1998 00:34:15 +0100


Timm Gleason wrote:

> So, I remove the directory where I was working and untar a fresh copy. make
> mrproper, make menuconfig (and make no changes), make dep, make clean, make
> zImage. Too large.
>
> tools/build bootsect setup compressed/vmlinux.out CURRENT > zImage
> Root device is (8, 2)
> Boot sector 512 bytes.
> Setup is 1276 bytes.
> System is 543 kB
> System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.

doesn't this tell you anything ? have you tried make bzImage or bzlilo ?

Next time try more things, maybe even read more files before askin' this
very obvious question :)

greetz

Jim

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