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Re: 2.0.36 Kernel compilation error
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Dougherty)
Wed Nov 25 00:29:10 1998
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:28:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Sean Dougherty <sean@sedough.mnsinc.com>
Reply-To: sedough@eng.umd.edu
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On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Philip Tong wrote:
> Root device is (8, 2)
> Boot sector is 512 bytes
> Setup is 4396 bytes
> System is 513 kB
> System is too big <--- Is this the problem?
> make(1): *** [zImage] Error 1
> make(1): LEaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/arch/i386/boot'
> make: *** [zImage] Error 2
>
> What will actually cause this problem. I'm fairly new to kernel compilation.
> Can anyone please enlighten me?
I'm not sure why, but there is a kernel size limitation. The best thing
to do is go back and get rid of all the drivers you don't need.
Otherwise, `make bzImage` will let large kernels compile.
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Sean Dougherty
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