Re: LILO & Kernel Image too big --> Make error

[Mike Werner <reznaeous@earthlink.net>]

Andrew McRobert wrote:
> hi again
> 
> I just ran bzImage again, and the last few lines of output show this error:
> 
> "make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.12/arch/i386/boot"
> as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s
> make[1]: as86: Command not found
> make[1]: *** [bbootsect.o] Error 127
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.12/arch/i386/boot"
> make: *** [bzImage] Error 2"
> 
> I'm guessing that the second line there is the problem, and that the rest of
> the problems flow from there. Does anyone know what would cause this error?

This is another common one to run into.  The package you need to install is
the bin86 package.  as86 is the assembler used on the x86 platform.  It's
not a required package, as not everyone uses the kernel on an x86 machine.
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