Re: large kernels

1998-11-07 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Gregory T. Norris wrote: [ snip ] : Of course, 970Kb sounds just a tad large for a normal kernel. You might : be able to cut it down considerably (and free up some of that memory for : your applications) by compiling more of the features as modules, and : letting kerneld

Re: large kernels

1998-11-07 Thread Gregory T. Norris
It doesn't sound like you did anything wrong... a bzImage kernel isn't actually any smaller than a zImage. When a zImage kernel is loaded (on the x86 platform), it must fit entirely in the first 640Kb of memory (i.e. "conventional" memory). A bzImage kernel uses some different techniques which re

Re: large kernels

1998-11-06 Thread Mike Nachlinger
On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Sasha Gutfraind wrote: > > Hello Guys! > I have problems compiling the kernel. > Using normal make config I configured the kernel > and it came to be around 970K. As far I understood, > LILO (not only) requires kernels <500K. > So, I read about big images, and made one with "m

large kernels

1998-11-06 Thread Sasha Gutfraind
Hello Guys! I have problems compiling the kernel. Using normal make config I configured the kernel and it came to be around 970K. As far I understood, LILO (not only) requires kernels <500K. So, I read about big images, and made one with "make bzImage". however, it was of no lesser size. I must h