===================================================== This message and any attachments to it are subject to copyright and are sent for the personal attention of the addressee. It may include information which is legally privileged and exempt from disclosure. If you receive this communication in error, please advise us immediately. ===================================================== Using the config command ...select the items required most of these are straight forward... Kernel_Math_emulation Y/N (only requird for older I386 machines (no Maths co-processor) etc etc you can install other modules later using the insmod command i.e. insmod /boot/ftape.o or remove using rmmod i.e. rmmod ftape or list loaded modules... lsmod I hope this helps... Surjit. -----Original Message----- From: wizard01@impop.bellatlantic.net [<A HREF="mailto:wizard01@impop.bellatlantic.net">mailto:wizard01@impop.bellatlantic.net</A>] Sent: 24 November 1998 08:30 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] Suse 5.3 Kernel build errors ========================================== WARNING: External Email: This message was received from a source external to HSAM and therefore the sender's identity cannot be verified. ========================================== I think it's a combination of unnecessary things included into the kernel and people aren't using modules. I know that with SCSI, PPP, firewall, etc are compiled into my kernel and it's a bit on the huge side. Luckily I only load the modules as needed. :) Loadable module support, ANOTHER reason linux beats windows!

I am completely baffled by all the posts I see about the "too big error". Is everyone including alot of uneeded functionality into their kernels? I have a nice scsi kernel, with ppp built in, and it is only around 460k, and that is just using zImage. It is a little over 1 meg uncompressed.

If people need to use bzImage, the kernels must be up around 2 megs when uncompressed. People must be adding useless stuff to the kernel not knowing what it's for.

Or else they are trying to copy the uncompressed vmlinux kernel to root, then trying to run lilo on it.

What's going on? I feel like I'm missing something with all this talk of make bzImage. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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