Simply: 1) use bzImage and not zImage 2) If the make processes tells you at the end that the kernel/system is too big, it's too big 3) If, when you update /etc/lilo and run /sbin/lilo to update the MBR, you get some error similar to #2, it's too big 4) Everything else will work :)
On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, scott.list wrote: > Greeting: > > I need to rebuild a kernel on a remote machine. I'm proficient enough > at the build steps but in the past I got the lernel too big and it > wouldn't run. > > How can I tell what "size" the kernel is before I reboot with it to > know it will not be too large? > > Thanks, > Scott > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- -Statux _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
