Messages in this thread | | | From | Steffen Grunewald <> | Subject | Re: System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules. | Date | Thu, 7 Jan 1999 11:48:51 +0100 (MET) |
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Robert Kiesling wrote: |> |> |> |> 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!
As I understand it, the size limitation for zImage (to something about 640 KB - y"know that number ?) it primarily caused by the boot BIOS running in 16 bit mode. If it takes one rainy afternoon to fix that, step forward. BTW: Not all people use LILO, neither loadlin. Of course, a multi-step boot (like SILO does) would be helpful, but then it's something like LILO again... -- Steffen Grunewald = steffen(at)gfz-potsdam.de = fax +49-331-288-1266 My opinions are mine. You can rent them. Just ask me for prices :-) "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth" - Pablo Picasso
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