Re: "Kernel size too large"

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From: Clifton T. Sharp Jr.
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 00:00

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Chris Lee wrote:
> Instead of using 'make zImage' when you're at that last step, try using
> 'make bzImage'. Bzipped files are MUCH smaller than their zipped
> counterparts.

The weirdest thing happened to me a few minutes ago. I removed one line of
code from one of the modules (bug fix), recompiled, and got "Kernel size
too large". This didn't make any sense, as the kernel size was *smaller*
than the one I already had on diskette. (`make bzdisk`)

Cut to the chase: it was dirt on the floppy heads. The system couldn't
read the first sector, refused to do anything else, and the meaningless
error message came up. Got the dirt off the heads and the same floppy
worked just fine.

So apparently anything that causes an I/O error will trigger that message
as well.

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From: "Clifton T. Sharp Jr." <clifto@corecomm.net>
Subject: Re: "Kernel size too large"
Date: 1999/06/11
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