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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] SuSe 5.2 says new kernel is too big?
  • From: satan@xxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Lankton)
  • Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 17:47:47 -0500
  • Message-id: <35830193.75AD8FF2@xxxxxxxxxxx>



He isn't getting that far. His kernel is larger than zImage will
tolerate. I know people that use bzImage because they have strenuous
driver needs, but there is no reason for Joe Linux User on a single user
box running a 2.0.x kernel to be as large as he is getting.

Robb wrote:
>
> Are you using the kernel created in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot? I've
> never seen one over 500M or so.
>
> Hope that helps.
> Robb
>
> > Lawrence Sayre wrote:
> > >
> > > I used xconfig to make a new kernel, and at the end of 'make zImage' I
> > > got 2 errors, basically saying that the kernel (system?) was too big (it
> > > is slightly over 1 meg).

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