Re: [TCLUG:6754] kernel too big

[JellyD <jellyd@jellyd.org>]

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Tim Wilson wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Ben Luey wrote:
> 
> > Why is the 1.5 meg default kernel not too big and my smaller one too big.
> > How can I fix this? 
> 
> I'm not sure, but could this be related to the difference between zImage
> and bzImage. Most 2.2.x kernels are too big to use zImage. You've got to
> 'make bzImage' instead.

What determines the maximum size of the kernel, anyway ? It's not
like we've got a decrepit 640K DOS conventional memory limit or
anything. I've got tons of RAM and dammit, I want to feel free
to make huge bloated kernels if I so desire :P

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