Re: System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.

David (david@kalifornia.com)
Tue, 5 Jan 1999 15:30:12 -0800


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Reply to mail from Robert Kiesling about System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.
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> I got this message trying "make zImage." Uncompressed vmlinux is
> 1500675 bytes. Make bzImage works fine, and the system boots fine.
> Below I attached the .config. If someone could gimme a clue, I'd be
> grateful.

Your zImage *is* too big. Continue to use bzImage instead of zImage as
the error message suggests. Software grows in size. Boot code is
contrained to a given size. If X exceeeds Y, then use a better
compression for X.

-d

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