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Re: help! lilo --> Fatal: Kernel /vmlinuz is too big



At 12:13 +0200 9/14/02, Aigars Mahinovs wrote:
>Hello abory,
>
>Thursday, September 12, 2002, 7:19:34 PM, you wrote:
>> sepherluet:/boot# lilo
>> Fatal: Kernel /vmlinuz is too big
>
>> -----------------------
>> LILO version 22.3.2, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
>> Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2002 John Coffman
>> Released 11-Jul-2002 and compiled at 23:34:39 on Aug  3 2002.
>
>> Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
>> Using MENU secondary loader
>> Calling map_insert_data
>
>> Boot image: /vmlinuz -> /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19-scsi-advansys
>> Fatal: Kernel /vmlinuz is too big
>
>This means you have a big zImage kernel.
>Try recompiling kernel using
># make bzImage
>instead of 'make zImage' or 'make zlilo'
>

If you are able to rebuild a kernel,
leave out support for devices you don't have.

>> ------------------------
>>  665509 Jun 12 20:40 vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci
>> 1569269 Sep 12 16:52 vmlinuz-2.4.19-scsi-advansys

Support for many devices has his price


Geert St




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