Re: [rtl] Kernel size

[David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>]

On Thu, Jun 03, 1999 at 12:09:29PM +0200, Thomas Lattner wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> my first trial to install my new compiled RTL-Kernel stopped
> with a message saying that the kernel is much too big.
> 
> In deed: my kernel size was 1.6 MBytes!
> How is this possible?
> Did I forget some switches?
> 
> Any hint welcome.
> 
> Thank you in advance

I assume that you got this error message when running /sbin/lilo.
This error message is a little, um..., misleading.  You need to
copy the file /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage to /boot,
not /usr/src/linux/vmlinux.

However, if your compressed kernel (zImage) is over 512 kB, you
need to use 'make bzimage', which makes a big compressed kernel.
This is because of a LILO (actually BIOS) limitation.

Even still, 1.6 MB is a little large for an uncompressed kernel.




dave...

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