Re: System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.

Steffen Grunewald (steffen@gfz-potsdam.de)
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 11:48:51 +0100 (MET)

Robert Kiesling wrote:
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|>
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|> Your zImage *is* too big. Continue to use bzImage instead of zImage as
|> the error message suggests. Software grows in size. Boot code is
|> contrained to a given size. If X exceeeds Y, then use a better
|> compression for X.
|>
|> It seems like an artificial constraint, but I haven't had time to look
|> into it. Maybe there's a good reason for it. Maybe fixing it is just
|> a project for a rainy afternoon or something. Thanks!

As I understand it, the size limitation for zImage (to something about
640 KB - y"know that number ?) it primarily caused by the boot BIOS
running in 16 bit mode.
If it takes one rainy afternoon to fix that, step forward.
BTW: Not all people use LILO, neither loadlin.
Of course, a multi-step boot (like SILO does) would be helpful, but
then it's something like LILO again...

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