Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 9 Jan 1999 15:22:47 +0100 (MET) | From | Hans Lermen <> | Subject | Re: "System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules." |
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On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, Robert Kiesling wrote: > > > > It worked, it was just telling you that you have to do it differntly if > > > the compressed image is over 512k. Old versions of loadlin and lilo didn't > > > support bzImage, which is why it doesn't just do it silently. > > > > I don't suppose there's a way to guarantee that lilo is up to date.
??? look below ;-)
> > There is a way to test it though... If LILO is new enough > and the system is too large we can simply build a bzImage > without exiting (but with a BIG-FAT-WARNING, of course)
Errm, may I remind that your LILO/LOADLIN must be _very_ old in order not to cope with bzImages. Both bzImage-aware LILO and LOADLIN were released at state of linux-1.3.72 !!! ... that was begin of 1996, 3 (three) years ago. ===================
Hans <lermen@fgan.de>
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