SuSE kernel's are fat, there isn't much need for most people to run a 500k kernel. They do this to provide support for many common devices, sort of a lowest commom denominator de facto kernel. My kernels are 350k and I'm not sacrificing any functionality. If you are getting 1mb kernels you have to be choosing support for a lot of devices you probably don't need. Also try using functions that you need but rarely use as modules instead of compiled directly into the kernel (parallel printer, floppy support, iso9660 fs support, dos fs support if you dual boot, sound). 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).
I can't understand this, since I cut nearly everything to the quick. My stand-alone system has no networking, etc..
How did my kernel get this large?
I tried installing it anyway, and 'lilo' kicked out saying that the kernel (system) is too big, so back to the old kernel, which was the default kernel from my install (which is about 1/2 meg).
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