Re: 'System is too big' is becoming a problem

Andrew Vanderstock (andrew.van.der.stock@member.sage-au.org.au)
Fri, 16 May 1997 17:55:41 +1000

Why not make a tiny second stage booter? Then you can launch any size
kernel once you've got around braindead PC ISA architecture. Obviously,
it's worthwhile to have bzImage for floppies, but otherwise, a unlimited
size kernel is good.

Almost every other Intel based unix or unix look alike uses this strategy.

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> From: David S. Miller <davem@jenolan.rutgers.edu>
> To: kernel@atmweb.ntc.nokia.com
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: 'System is too big' is becoming a problem
> Date: Friday, 16 May 1997 17:28
> 
>    Date: 	Fri, 16 May 1997 10:07:33 +0300 (EET DST)
>    From: Jari Soderholm <kernel@atmweb.ntc.nokia.com>
>    MIME-Version: 1.0
> 
>    Has anyone thought if there cuold be something to do
>    with this matter ?
> 
> Yep, it's called "make bzImage"