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SubjectRe: System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.
>      Your zImage *is* too big.  Continue to use bzImage instead of zImage as
> the error message suggests. Software grows in size. Boot code is
> contrained to a given size. If X exceeeds Y, then use a better
> compression for X.
>
> It seems like an artificial constraint, but I haven't had time to look
> into it. Maybe there's a good reason for it. Maybe fixing it is just
> a project for a rainy afternoon or something. Thanks!

it isn't broken :)

the `fix' is to make bzImage instead of zImage precisely as the warning
text suggests. it's a different compression/loader combination.

-d


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