thanks, didnt think so either :) its probably related to my system (dell 6450) - i cant imagine redhat would put up a broken kernel? On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 15:03, shane c branch wrote: > Ivo Mencke wrote: > > Hello, I have just downloaded this kernel, from the redhat website! > > > > kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.30.i686.rpm > > > > > > when i install it using lilo it tells me: > > > > [root@localhost boot]# lilo > > boot = /dev/sda, map = /boot/map.0801 > > Fatal: Kernel /boot/vmlinux-2.4.9-e.30smp is too big > > [root@localhost boot]# > > > > > > should i use grub? or will that solve anything? > > why is there a size limitation? the original kernel was almost the same > > size: > > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3125982 Nov 28 2003 > > vmlinux-2.4.9-e.30smp > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3097034 May 3 2002 > > vmlinux-2.4.9-e.3smp > > > > > > thanks, > > > > ivo. > > > > > i don't think the boot loader will matter. you could recompile from > source and do some items as modules. that would shrink it some. > > -- > > regards, > > shane > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
