Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote (on 27 Apr 99, at 17:59): > You should *definitely* exclude support for things you don't need. This > makes your kernel much smaller. Very helpful also is to compile things
I have most everything in modules that goes in modules ... > floppy > disk, tape, cd-rom drivers, network drivers, etc. Tape not applicable, but the rest is all mod. > You later load these > modules after the kernel has mounted the root filesystem (this can even > be done automagically by use of the kernel daemon or the respective > kernel thread.) Right. This was a running system until this morning, remember. > > tried make bzImage, > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > And why didn't it work? This *is* the solution to your problem... It did work, in the sense that a kernel was compiled ... but it wasn't significantly smaller. Are there some arcana of bzImage-making that I missed in the kernel docs? (and yes, I did make mrproper first!) > > I tried all three HD geometries offered by the new BIOS, I tried > > "linear" (which I'd *had* to use on the 386) ... I > > Those two points won't help you at all, they don't have anything to do > with your problem. Good to know. I'm not really looking forward to a fresh installation ... but I can always boot from floppy and tar everything first if it comes to that. Thanks for your tips, though! Tony -- -- Tony Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Phone: +49-3341-30 99 99 -- Fax: +49-3341-30 99 98 --