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SubjectRe: System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.
In <m0zxlZ5-0000WmC@libsurf> Robert Kiesling (kiesling@ix.netcom.com) wrote:

> Your zImage *is* too big. Continue to use bzImage instead of zImage as
> the error message suggests. Software grows in size. Boot code is
> contrained to a given size. If X exceeeds Y, then use a better
> compression for X.

> It seems like an artificial constraint, but I haven't had time to look
> into it. Maybe there's a good reason for it. Maybe fixing it is just
> a project for a rainy afternoon or something. Thanks!

No, no and no. zImage is loaded low (in first 640K) initially. Since there are
some info should be kept aprt of compressed kernel itself limit for zImage is
less then 640K. May be you could raise limit by few Kb but not much anyway.
bzImage is loaded high (straight to extended memory) and thus is not limited
in size by famous 640K limit. But you need different loaders to do this !
LILO and loadlin supports bzImage for last few years but still zImage and
bzImage are two different beasts...




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