Re: kernel compiling problems (was Re: howto detect a parallel iomega 100 mb device)
On (21/05/03 11:56), Joris Huizer wrote:
> I don't really like having to try a compilation...
> Anyway, I got the 2.4.18 source and I did the
> following
> make xconfig
> make dep
> make clean
> make zImage 2>&1 | tee zImage.out
>
> Unfortunately, that last command stops with an error
> :-(
>
> tools/build bootsect setup compressed/vmlinux.out
> CURRENT > zImage
> Root device is (3, 2)
> Boot sector 512 bytes.
> Setup is 4656 bytes.
> System is 680 KB.
> System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.
> [make errors]
>
> I copied the kernel config of the current 2.2.20 and
> added support for scsi as the document you pointed at
> suggested - and I added some sound support as modules
> are missing there, too.
>
> What should I do ?? I don't know what exactly is too
> big, nor what I should do to solve it;
>
> I hope someone can help on this !
I found the following a great help when compiling a kernel:
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html>
HTH
Clive
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