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SubjectRe: "System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules."
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.
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Hans
<lermen@fgan.de>



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