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Re: The lilo problem



That is not what I said. I said that if the "System" section is bigger
than the "Boot Sector" section (as reported by the compile process at
the end (see below)) than you need a bzImage. I also stated `if I remember
correctly' so take it with a grain of salt.

On 21 May 2000, Andreas Rottmann wrote:

> Steve Przepiora <smp@ncoastsoft.com> writes:
> 
> > It's not the size of the kernel itself, but the size reported at the end
> > of the compile:
> > Root device is (3,1)
> > Boot sector 512 bytes.
> > Setup is 1284 bytes.
> > System is 405 kb.
> > I don't remember which one, but I think IF the system is bigger than the
> > boot sector you will get a kernel is to big message.
> > 
> > Hope this helps...
> > 
> No, it doesn't: A Kernel will *always* be bigger than 512 bytes ;-).
> 
> Andy
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