System has to be 512kb if I recall.
make bzImage modules modules_install install is the command I use to build a kernel and it works without any problems. Just did it with 2.2.6 on 2 machines yesterday. On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Anonymous Coward wrote: > i'm a new debian user, but fairly experienced linux user. i just got > slink (debian 2.1) in the mail so installed it. i downloaded kernel > 2.2.6 to upgrade the first time it said a86 command not found so i > searched mailing list archives and found out i needed the bin86 package > so then that worked. now i try to compile and i get this message at the > end after everythings all done: > > Root device is (3,5) > Boot sector is 512 bytes > Setup is 1286 bytes > System is 526 kB > System is too big. try using bzImage or modules. > > > bzImage does not work and my kernel is in no way bloated. i only > included standard stuff and it was practically the same as i had 2.0.36 > except for joystick support. what can i do? > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
