RE: Problems with to large of a kernel

Timm Gleason (timm@n2h2.com)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 15:36:14 -0800

Yes, I've done this. However, when trying to use that kernel on a floppy
disk for installation (we build nearly 50 servers a month for our business),
you cannot boot off of a floppy using that kind of kernel image.

Timm Gleason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Svensson [mailto:petersv@psv.nu]
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 1998 3:30 PM
> To: Timm Gleason
> Cc: linux-kernel
> Subject: Re: Problems with to large of a kernel
>
>
> On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Timm Gleason wrote:
>
> > Out of the box, it's too damn big. How is one supposed to add
> the features
> > that one needs of the default set of configuration choices is too big to
> > begin with?
>
> You can use bzImage:s instead (just use make bzImage instead of make
> zImage). Resonably modern versions of lilo/loadlin etc handle the new
> format.
>
> Peter
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