Re: LILO & Kernel Image too big

[staf@digibel.org]

> I've just compiled a 2.2.12 kernel on a test machine here, and when I try to
> update LILO to boot the new kernel image I get the following message:
> 
> "Fatal: Kernel /vmlinuz is too big"
> 
> The new kernel is bigger than I expected it to be, ls -l lists it as 1.8MB
> (the old kernel is about 500K). Anyone have any ideas how to solve this?

Try to use a bzimage instead of a gzip image, "make bzlilo" should do the
job.

If your kernel is still too big, you must use more modules. This will 
decrease the size of your boot kernel.

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