>Hi,
>
>I just installed latest RedHat Linux on my new PC. The installation
>process was
>pretty straight forward.
>
>Now I need to add a SCSI device (tape drive) and am trying to re-compile
>the
>kernel. And I run into lots of problems and RedHat said it's not a
>installation
>problem so they won't support it. So I turn to this group for help.
>
>First, I have trouble of loading kernel source code into my /usr/src
>directory.
>I mounted 2nd CDROM from Redhat which supposed to hold all source codes.
>
>I used rpm to install kernel-src.rpm. After I ran it, I don't see any
>source code
>under /usr/src/linux.
>
>Secondly, since I couldn't load kernel src code from CDROM (or the one I
>
>downloaded from Internet), I tar-ed and copied kernel src code from
>another
>Linux system (same hardware architecture, but newer version of kernel).
>I then ran make config and answered questions as much as I can. Then I
>ran
>make boot and got the following error message:
>
>tools/build bootsect setup compressed/vmlinux.out CURRENT > zImage
>Root device is (3, 1)
>Boot sector 512 bytes.
>Setup is 4336 bytes.
>System is 602 kB
>System is too big
>make[1]: *** [zImage] Error 1
>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.32/arch/i386/boot'
>make: *** [boot] Error 2
>
>I don't what's wrong and stuck here.
>
>If somebody from the Net can shed some light, I really appreciate.
>
Your kernel size is too big. Either use "make bzImage" or modularize more
parts of the kernel.
>Thanks
>
>-Wei
>
>
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