🚀 go-pugleaf

On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Phil wrote:
>Leonard Lin <l.lin@gmx.net> wrote in message
>news:375D60A8.4D031E83@gmx.net...
>> Handle modules. bzip or other are not styleful.
>> Make not often used function in the kernel to modules
>> and compile from hands:
>> make dep clean zImage modules modules_install
>> you will find the compilent in the ./arch/(mashine)/boot/zImage
>>
>> Leonard Lin
>> l.lin@gmx.net
>>
>> Craig Sharpe schrieb:
>>
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I'm in the process of configuring my own kernel. I'm using RedHat 6 and
>> > need to reconfigure the kernel to suport scsi, parallel ports, and zip
>> > drivers so that I can install my zip 250 parallel drive.
>> >
>> > I've selected the options I want in xconfig .. and have typed "make
>> > dep", then "make clean" and then "make zImage" but then after it has
>> > looked at the sectors of my HD it comes up with two error messages
>> > saying " Use bzImage or modules". I took the advice and ran "make
>> > xconfigure" with very few y options and after the rest of the procedure
>> > the error message came up again. It takes about a whole morning to do
>> > the process and so I was wondering if it was possible to see the amount
>> > of bytes used in the kernel by the different drivers..  and hence know
>> > how much I can add without going over the kernel size limit??
>> >
>> > Or does anyone know were to find xconfig lists that display the drivers
>> > installed and produce a working kernel?
>> >
>> > thanks for your time.
>>
>I am new to Linux (using Red Hat 6.0) and I wanted to make a custom Kernal.
>When I did make zImage it seemed to go ok without any errors, but when I did
>make zdisk it gave me an error about the Kernel being to large. It was 653k
>and when I rebooted Xwindows loaded up incredibly slow and it was some what
>unresponsive is this due to the size or did I just screw something up.
>
>by the way the Kernel is 2.2.5

Just do : make bzImage 
.and don' t worry about the size...
You don't need to cut the size of your kernel or use too many modules..
You don't loose in quality using bzImage.