Linux2.4.1-pre1, Kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy

From: Mr. James W. Laferriere (babydr@baby-dragons.com)
Date: Mon Feb 05 2001 - 12:15:52 EST


        Hello All , I like the warning Ladies & Gents . But when did it
        first appear ? I seem to have missed the announcement in the
        change logs . Tia , JimL

make[2]: Leaving directory
`/usr/src/linux-2.4.2-pre1/arch/i386/boot/compressed'
gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o tools/build
tools/build.c -I/usr/src/linux/include
objcopy -O binary -R .note -R .comment -S compressed/bvmlinux
compressed/bvmlinux.out
tools/build -b bbootsect bsetup compressed/bvmlinux.out CURRENT > bzImage
Root device is (8, 1)
Boot sector 512 bytes.
Setup is 4512 bytes.
System is 1418 kB
warning: kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy

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