Re: "Kernel size too large"

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From: Michael Meissner
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 00:00

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look@my.sig writes:

> In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.hardware didst Craig Sharpe
> <craig7s@hotmail.com> eloquently scribe:
> : Or does anyone know were to find xconfig lists that display the drivers
> : installed and produce a working kernel?
> 
> Instead of make zimage, you should use make bzimage.
> It allows the kernel to be larger that 1/2 a meg, otherwise, LILO will
> complain and refuse to boot from it...

Note, on my Toshiba Tecra 8000, I find I can't boot bzImage binaries, but I can
build zImage binaries.  So I have to move more things to modules.

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Date: 1999/06/04
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