Re: BIG kernel...?

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From: Panu J Matilainen
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1995 00:00

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Paul Mouritsen (mourip@cpcug.org) wrote:
: Hi All,

: After installing Linux a month ago I finally decided to brave the process of 
: rebuilding my kernel to get it "just right." My current, original 
: (Slackware-IDECD2) kernel reads about 430k when viewed as a file in my shell. 
: When it loads I get a line "big kernel, just under 1MB" or something like 
: that. I figured that I would recompile it removing unnecessary SCSI support 
: but adding sound support. All went well but I ended up with a kernel that 
: weighed in at 720K!!! LILO would not load it saying that it was too big. Any 
: hints for a kernel weight reduction program. Dietary restrictions combined 
: with exercise? How do you get lean and mean but with all the support you need? 
: What components are notorious memory hogs?

Use the compressed image from linux/arch/i386/boot (zImage) instead of
vmlinux which is in the linux source-root.

That should do it,
Panu


: thanks a lot.

: Paul Mouritsen

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From: pjmatila@cc.Helsinki.FI (Panu J Matilainen)
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Date: 1995/09/03
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