new kernel too big for lilo

[Craig Hagerman <craighagerman@gmail.com>]

Hi,
I asked a question last week about why my computer seems to use the
CPU a lot during disc access. (Like using find, cp etc) Responses led
me to figure out that DMA is not activated. After doing some searching
on the internet I found out that I probably should compile a kernel
with dma support (or at least compiled in as a module).

My problem is that the resultant kernel image is too big ... at least
that is the complain that lilo keeps giving me. From within the source
directory I do:

% make dep && make clean && make bzImage &
% make modules
% make modules_install

then copy the vmlinux image to /boot, add the appropriate lines to
/etc/lilo.conf and then run

% lilo

which tells me:

   Fatal: Kernel /boot/vmlinux-2.6.14-dma is too big

It is 7258373 b. When I started it was about 8500000 b. I have gone
through make menuconfig a dozen times now, turning off as many options
as possible, choosing to build as a module instead of built in where
possible ... and STILL I am getting an image that lilo complains
about.

I don't understand this. Am I doing something wrong? or is lilo wrong?
Can anyone tell me the correct way to compile a kernel if I have been
doing it wrong.

Thanks,

Craig