Re: System is too big

Andrzej Krzysztofowicz (ankry@pg.gda.pl)
Wed, 7 Apr 1999 11:04:08 +0038 (MET DST)

> > Root device is (3,3)
> > Boot sector 512 bytes.
> > Setup is 4416 bytes.
> > System is 526 kb
> > System is too big
> > make [1]: *** [zImage] Error 1
> > make [1]: Leaving dirctory /usr/src/linux/.../boot
> > make [1]: *** [zImage] Error 2
> >
> make bzImage in place of make zImage
> then
> cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36 (or whatever your file would be)

# make bzImage
[...]
Root device is (3, 2)
Boot sector 512 bytes.
Setup is 3432 bytes.
System is 1412 kB
System is too big. Try using modules.
make[1]: *** [bzImage] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'
make: *** [bzImage] Error 2

What is the reason of size limit for bzImage ?

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