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    SubjectRe: System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.
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    Robert Kiesling wrote:
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    |> 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...
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