On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Gerd wrote:
> Hello Rob, hello all,
>
> This one has become a FAQ at least since the 2.2.x kernels have
> been released:
>
> > tools/build bootsect setup compressed / vmlinux.out CURRENT > zImage
> > Root device is (3,6)
> > Boot sector 512bytes
> > Setup is 4392bytes
> > System is 552kB
> > System is too big
> > make[1]: ***[zImage] Error 1
> > make[1]: leaving directory '/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/linux/arch/i386/boot'
> > make: ***[zImage] Error 2
>
> > What does this mean? How can I sort it?
>
> This means your kernel is too big to fit into a normal kernel image.
> You can now either try leaving out as much unnecessary drivers as
> possible, compile drivers as modules whenever appropriate or
> simply issuing a
>
> make bzImage
>
> instead of make zImage.
> Note that in your situation you should start from the beginning with
> a
>
> make dep && make clean
The &&'s are only needed as indeicated below
Or at least last time i tryed it worked.
make dep clean bzImage && make mdoules modules_install
> before attempting to build a new kernel once again.
>
> Cheers, 73
>
> Gerd
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Regards Richard
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