On Thu, 7 May 1998, Gene Wilburn wrote:
> What does 'system is too big' mean, and what should I do about it?? A
> search of the RH archives didn't turn up any info.
System too big means your kernel is too big to fit in the low 1MB of RAM.
This is a common occurrence with modern kernels.
There are two solutions. First is to build your drivers as modules and
load them after boot. You may or may not like this. Second is to build
your kernel with 'make bzImage'. This will build your kernel in a special
way that it can be loaded even though it is too big. But there's no
"automatic" way like zlilo or zdisk to handle bzImages, you have to do it
yourself. It's not hard though.
Of course, you could always just leave some of the drivers out... that
will make your kernel smaller. :)
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