[linux-help] Re: Kernel compile

[Carl D Cravens <raven@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 4 Aug 2001, Bruce Bales wrote:

> system is 539 KB
> system is too big.  try bzimage or modules

> Is it trying to put the whole system in the boot partition?  Or what
> is wrong?

Substitute "kernel" for "system" in the error messages and that'll be
clearer.  The kernel is too big.  Not for where you're trying to put it,
but simply because there's a limit to how large the compressed kernel
image can be.  (Probably an architecture limitation.)

From the Kernel-HOWTO...

  In older kernels, you don't have the option to build a bzImage; it was
  simply a zImage. That option is at the moment still available,
  however, given the code size of newer kernels, it is now more or less
  mandatory to build a bzImage because the older methods can't handle a
  kernel that's just too large.

Try 'make bzimage'.  If that doesn't help, look for drivers that were
compiled in but can be made loadable modules.  (And continue to use 'make
bzimage'.)  Make sure you aren't including stuff you don't need.

--
Carl D Cravens (raven@xxxxxxxxxxx)
So many idiots, so little ammunition.

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