> Hi Mike.
>
> >>>> Have you tried make bzImage ?
>
> >>> That is not always enough. If the bzImage is larger than 1Mb, it
> >>> still doesn't link. (But you need _a lot_ of drivers for this)
>
> >> I think this was a bug which is now fixed.
>
> > It'll link now, but this beastie..
>
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1052897 Oct 14 07:10 arch/i386/boot/bzImage
>
> > ..still can't be booted. (not by loadlin anyway.. is there a
> > protected mode bootloader for games98 anywhere?)
>
> I wouldn't know about loadlin as I've never used it, but I have booted
> a few kernels >1M (1,048,576 bytes) in size using LILO, so have good
> reason to suppose that it supports them.
>
> One kernel I successfully booted was a 2.2.12 kernel of about 1.3M in
> size, so well over both the 1M limit and the size of your kernel above.
Hmm.. maybe with some shameless thievery.. ;-)
I'll soon need to boot large kernels, but can't risk the boot block(s)
on this poor beat up old box. (no floppy, no bootable cd, yuk bios:)
Thanks for the info,
-Mike
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