Messages in this thread | | | From | Rick Hohensee <> | Subject | > 1 meg bzImage | Date | Sat, 7 Aug 1999 15:31:02 -0400 (EDT) |
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> > System is 1036 kB > > System is too big. Try using modules. > > make[1]: *** [bzImage] Error 1 > > make[1]: Leaving directory > > `/mnt/micropolis2/src/linux.2312/arch/i386/boot' > > make: *** [bzImage] Error 2
> > Anyone know a fix? I know that some previous debate had raged > > about bzImage should be able to handle up to 16M kernel sizes > > but have found no data/patches/etc on what to do to get past 1M.
>Whilst the bzImage format itsef can handle kernels up to 16M in size, >there is a problem with boot loaders once the kernel gets to be over >1M in size, and that is the current limit. > >There HAS to be a way round that limit, but I for one haven't the >foggiest what it is...
Can a 1.3meg bzImage boot off floppy? Or do you mean boot code including that in a bzImage itself?
There's something vaguely related to open source issues here, although not directly pertinent.. How come floppy drives aren't bigger these days? I took apart a 2.88 meg floppy drive the other day. The head positioning stuff is rather simple. The 2.88 meg drive was probably built around 1991 or 2. A 20 meg floppy drive would be a good open hardware project. 20 meg is a lot of linux/GNU/unix. Most of what I use fits in 12 meg.
Rick Hohensee
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