> 1 meg bzImage

Rick Hohensee (humbubba@smarty.smart.net)
Sat, 7 Aug 1999 15:31:02 -0400 (EDT)


> > System is 1036 kB
> > System is too big. Try using modules.
> > make[1]: *** [bzImage] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory
> > `/mnt/micropolis2/src/linux.2312/arch/i386/boot'
> > make: *** [bzImage] Error 2

> > Anyone know a fix? I know that some previous debate had raged
> > about bzImage should be able to handle up to 16M kernel sizes
> > but have found no data/patches/etc on what to do to get past 1M.

>Whilst the bzImage format itsef can handle kernels up to 16M in size,
>there is a problem with boot loaders once the kernel gets to be over
>1M in size, and that is the current limit.
>
>There HAS to be a way round that limit, but I for one haven't the
>foggiest what it is...

Can a 1.3meg bzImage boot off floppy? Or do you mean boot code including
that in a bzImage itself?

There's something vaguely related to open source issues here, although not
directly pertinent.. How come floppy drives aren't bigger these days? I
took apart a 2.88 meg floppy drive the other day. The head positioning
stuff is rather simple. The 2.88 meg drive was probably built around 1991
or 2. A 20 meg floppy drive would be a good open hardware project. 20 meg
is a lot of linux/GNU/unix. Most of what I use fits in 12 meg.

Rick Hohensee

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