Re: System is too big

Eduardo Soriano (e_soriano@dapsys.ch)
Wed, 07 Apr 1999 14:30:45 +0200

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Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:
>
> > > 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 ?

Probably you declared too many resident modules. Try with
modules feature.

make modules; make modules_install
/etc/conf.modules

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