Hello Rob, hello all,
This one has become a FAQ at least since the 2.2.x kernels have
been released:
> tools/build bootsect setup compressed / vmlinux.out CURRENT > zImage
> Root device is (3,6)
> Boot sector 512bytes
> Setup is 4392bytes
> System is 552kB
> System is too big
> make[1]: ***[zImage] Error 1
> make[1]: leaving directory '/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/linux/arch/i386/boot'
> make: ***[zImage] Error 2
> What does this mean? How can I sort it?
This means your kernel is too big to fit into a normal kernel image.
You can now either try leaving out as much unnecessary drivers as
possible, compile drivers as modules whenever appropriate or
simply issuing a
make bzImage
instead of make zImage.
Note that in your situation you should start from the beginning with
a
make dep && make clean
before attempting to build a new kernel once again.
Cheers, 73
Gerd
