On February 2, 2004 06:42 pm, Ashish Samant wrote: > Hi... > > I am in the middle of building a new kernel (2.4.20) and this is my > first attempt. I have got as far as configuring it with 'make xconfig' , > followed by 'make dep', 'make clean' and 'make bzImage'. > > So far so good, but I did get these messages after the the kernel image > was created : > > ...... > > Root device is (3,3) > Boot sector is 512 bytes > Setup is 4667 bytes > System is 1028 Kb > warning : kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy. > ....... > > What does that signify ? Have I chosen too many modules and options during > the config process ? Is that kernel image alarmingly huge and do I need to > redo the whole thing ? Or can I proceed with the install ? > > Thanks for your time, > > Ashish Samant. Hi Ashish, It sounds like the image is fine, unless you are planning on putting it on a floppy disk. For the record, more modules, means less built into the kernel, which means a smaller kernel. -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
