Please checkout the answer people gave yesterday about the same question and try to build a modular kernel like the error message suggests you. If you need to compile a static kernel you may want to configure strictly what you need in order to build a smaller kernel image. sp0nge -- http://angel-lsm.sf.net ________________________________ Da: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx per conto di linux lover Inviato: gio 23/02/2006 13.29 A: kernelnewbies Oggetto: kernel compilation make error hello, i want to build kernel without modular support. so i did it but got following errors Root device is (8, 3) Boot sector 512 bytes. Setup is 6963 bytes. System is 5222 kB System is too big. Try using modules. I am using kernel 2.6.15 on 64bit machine. how can i solve this error? Regards, linux_lover ________________________________ Yahoo! Autos <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=38381/ ylc=X3oDMTEzcGlrdGY5BF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDMWF1dG9z/*http://autos.yahoo.com/index.html> . Looking for a sweet ride? Get pricing, reviews, & more on new and used cars. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/