Kernel Too Big Error?

[Lance Hoffmeyer <lanceh@ibm.net>]

I am trying to compile 2.1.127.  I have tried make zImage and I get an
error that System is too big.
Using bzImage the kernel compiles but is 1.5 M and when I run lilo to
remap I get the error that the system is too big.
What can I do to correct this?  I am compiling sound and various other
modules directly into the kernel instead of as 
modules but I would have thought that the kernel would have still have
been able to handle this.  Am I wrong?

Thanks,

Lance