Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 05 Jun 1999 15:27:57 +0200 | From | Robert Schiele <> | Subject | Re: Huge Kernel !!! |
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Shashank Banerjee wrote: > > Dear People, > > I have to complie Linux kernel version 2.1.126 as part of a project > here. > > The problem, I am facing here is that: > > Even with bare minimum modules and dependencies and 'make bzImage' the > kernel is a whooping 1.4 MB!!! > > The configuration of the machines are as follows: > > (i) 486DX2/66 MHz / 16 MB RAM > Currently running: Linux Kernel 2.0.36-0.7 > gcc version 2.7.2.3-14 > > (ii) Pentium-MMX/200 MHz/ 40 MB RAM > Currently running: Linux Kernel 2.0.36-3 > gcc version: 2.7.2.3-14 > > Would appreciate help on this one... > Thanks in advance... > > Regards, > Shashank Banerjee >
You are refering to ./vmlinux? Would make sense to have a look at ./arch/i386/boot/bzImage. This should be quite smaller.
Robert
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