Re: Freshly compiled kernel too big?
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 02:56:59PM -0600, Brian Boonstra wrote:
> Hi
>
> > bzImage?
>
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. I thought that was the default, but I'll
> check when I get home tonight.
It is according to the manpages. However, remember the kernel must be
uncompressed eventually. Not sure how exactly the boot-loaders manage
this, but under some systems there may be a memory restriction. Also,
you may in fact want a zImage for certain laptops and PC's (but there's
that 640k limit thingy).
Btw, 5MB (that compressed right?), does seem awful large. My kernels in
/boot all weigh in under 640K (and yes, they use modules, current ~480K
worth). Course, I turn off a lot of stuff that I don't need ;0.
--
Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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