Messages in this thread | | | From | alex.buell@tahallah ... | Date | Tue, 11 May 1999 11:42:32 +0100 (BST) | Subject | Re: make boot fails |
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On Tue, 11 May 1999, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:
> > > System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules. > > ^^^^^^^ > > > make[1]: *** [zImage] error 1 ^^^^^^
> It seems that you have reached the limit (1MB - 16B) of the kernel > size on i386 that can be currently handled by its internal bootloader. > I don't know if it is possible for lilo/loadlin to handle larger > kernels.
Err, I'm sorry to tell you that you've misread his posting. He had problems doing a "make zImage". This is because zImage has a limit of 640k for the kernel, AFAIK. His kernel was over 648k! If he had used "make bzImage", he would have had the ability to build a kernel up to 16MB in size.
It goes without saying you'd better have a bootloader with the ability to load bzImages (LILO release 20 or better).
Cheers, Alex -- "A mind opened by new ideas cannot return to its original limits"
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