Try a make bzImage instead, you can build much larger kernels that way. The
reason the floppy failed is because no kernel was built: the signature data
is added in the last step of the build.
Cheers
Simon
Sony Lloyd Ponton wrote:
> I went to /usr/src/linux-2.0.32 and executed make config. I answered yes
> to kernel support for PPP..networking and all the necessary options.
> That was OK. Then make dep went OK. Make clean also. All the zImage step
> seemed OK, but the last lines ended with messages:
> Boot sector 512bytes
> Set up is 4428 bytes
> Syst is 612KB
> Syst is too big
> make[1]:***[zImage] error1
> make[1]:leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.0.32/arch/i386/boot'
> make:***[zImage] error 2
>
> ..Then I went to /usr/src/linux-2.0.32/arch/i386/boot and wanted to copy
> zImage on a floppy
> so I can boot my linux system from the floppy ( I did dd if=zImage
> of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192 from usr/src/linux-2.0.32/arch/i386/boot. Then I
> rebooted with that floppy and got following :
> Loading.............
> No set up signature found..
> 1) Could anyone tell me what happened??
> 2) What is missing ??
> 3) Shouldnt I put zImage on floppy as i wanna boot kernel image from
> floppy??
> 4)How come I can boot my system with my old boot disks without problem??
>
> So..recompile didnt affect anythin on my system right??
>
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