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Re: Kernel Build Problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sheldon E. Newhouse)
Fri Nov 8 08:27:01 1996
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 08:23:50 -0500
From: "Sheldon E. Newhouse" <sen1@math.msu.edu>
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Elliot Lee writes:
> On 7 Nov 1996, Ed Alexander wrote:
>
> > I'm having a problem building a new kernel. I'm
> > using xconfig to create my .config file. I select only the options
> > I need and modularize those I can. However, the new kernel is
> > almost 1 Mb in size and lilo tells me that it's too large. I'm using
> > the RedHat 4.0 Intel box set and installed from the CD.
> > What am I doing wrong? I can send a copy of my
> > .config file if that would help. TIA.
>
> You need to 'make zImage' instead of just 'make' or 'make vmlinux'. Then
> tell LILO to use that (after copying it to /boot, of course).
If it's large you can use make bzImage. Check out the documentation in
/usr/src/linux.
-sen
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