On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Mike Duncan wrote:
> I have a question about kernel sizes. I recently re-compiled my kernel
> (2.2.5-15, on a RH6.0 box) and had trouble getting the make zImage step
> to work correctly due to the kernel size being too large. Now, I am not
> trying to bloat up my system, but I cannot seem to get a kernel larger
> than 500K to work. However, when I go into /boot I see that the default
> kernel that Red Hat installs is well over 600K.
>
> my system is RH6.0, PII, 4G HD, 96MB RAM.
>
> Any clues as to what the real size limit of the kernel is in Red Hat?
> Or does the distro make a difference here?
>
Just guessing here, but did you try make BZimage (caps for emphasis
only)??? It's my understanding that bzimage is there for just such a
case as this. You'll also need to "make bzlilo" IIRC.
John
