Re: make boot fails

Riley Williams (rhw@MemAlpha.CX)
Mon, 10 May 1999 18:33:05 +0100 (GMT)


Hi Jim.

> everything seemed to be going OK until the end of the make boot.
> I get

> boot sector 512 bytes
> Setup is 3540 bytes
> System is 628kb
> System is too big. Try using bzImige or modules.
> make[1]: *** [zImage] error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux-2.2.5/arch/i386/boot
> make: *** [boot] Error 2

> What did I do wrong.

Basically, you have too much compiled in to use `make zImage` and, as
the message says, you should "Try using bzImage or modules".

As a first step, replace `make zImage` with `make bzImage` which
should work for you...

Best wishes from Riley.

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