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RE: 2.0.36 Kernel compilation error
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kenneth Ho)
Wed Nov 25 01:00:33 1998
Reply-To: <macbrush@macbrush.com.hk>
From: "Kenneth Ho" <macbrush@macbrush.com.hk>
To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 13:58:12 +0800
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There is a size limit on make boot. Try make bzimage, I think that might
work. My experience tells me it is always better to make everything modules
apart from those must appears in kernel itself such as RAM Disk support if
you are booting from a SCSI drive, it's better to crash a module then the
kernel ittself sometimes. :-)
Kenneth
macbrush@macbrush.com.hk
*** A clean desk is a sign of a sick mind. ***
-----Original Message-----
From: David_M_Morgan@rsh.net [mailto:David_M_Morgan@rsh.net]
Sent: 25 November, 1998 1:34 pm
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: 2.0.36 Kernel compilation error
In my earlier posting, I have had replies that the kernel source that I got
from ftp.kernel.org will work OK in my existing RH 5.1. So far I manage to
compile it but there is an error at the end of the compilation. It goes
like
this:-
***************************************
:
:
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
******* End of message *****************
What will actually cause this problem. I'm fairly new to kernel
compilation.
Can anyone please enlighten me?
Thanks in advance.
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This error is from have a kernel that is bigger then the limited size of
512 KB. Best bet is to make as much as you can into modules. I'm using
2.1.129 and it's only 312 KB, most things you don't need all the time, ie
mouse, sound, PPP, SLIP, etc.
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