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Re: large kernels



On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Sasha Gutfraind wrote:

> 
> Hello Guys!
> I have problems compiling the kernel.
> Using normal make config I configured the kernel
> and it came to be around 970K. As far I understood,
> LILO (not only) requires kernels <500K.
> So, I read about big images, and made one with "make
> bzImage". however, it was of no lesser size.
> 
> I must have done something wrong. 
> Help.
> 
> TIA.
> sasha  

Your going to have to use modules instead of compiling everything
into the kernel. Put only the nessesary items for startup into the
kernel, everything else is a module!

-Mike

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