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    I have a question about the boot image.  On my system, it is /vmlinuz.
Now, when I want to recompile the kernel, I do a make config (if nescessary),
then 'make dep', 'make clean', and 'make'.  This creates the file 'vmlinux'.
I copied this to /vmlinuz, but lilo is complaining that it is too big.  
Anyway, is this the right way for me to recompile the kernel?  Where does
the vmlinux come from if the image is supposed to be vmlinuz??

   I'm very confused... Can someone explain this to me?  I'd appreciate it!

   Thanks!

                                              -Jon-

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Quote:>     I have a question about the boot image.  On my system, it is /vmlinuz.
> Now, when I want to recompile the kernel, I do a make config (if nescessary),
> then 'make dep', 'make clean', and 'make'.  This creates the file 'vmlinux'.
> I copied this to /vmlinuz, but lilo is complaining that it is too big.  

vmlinux is the uncompressed version; it is compressed for lilo usage.

l8r, Nate
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Nathan C. Burnett          "Nature Cannot be fooled"

:    I'm very confused... Can someone explain this to me?  I'd appreciate it!

:    Thanks!

:                                               -Jon-

Use the command 'make zlilo' to compile a compressed kernel and run lilo
on it unattended.  Good luck!

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Cheers.
Dimitri

:     I have a question about the boot image.  On my system, it is /vmlinuz.
: Now, when I want to recompile the kernel, I do a make config (if nescessary),
: then 'make dep', 'make clean', and 'make'.  This creates the file 'vmlinux'.
: I copied this to /vmlinuz, but lilo is complaining that it is too big.  
: Anyway, is this the right way for me to recompile the kernel?  Where does
: the vmlinux come from if the image is supposed to be vmlinuz??

:    I'm very confused... Can someone explain this to me?  I'd appreciate it!

Yeah, I've just recompiled the kernel on my machine for the first time
and found this to be confusing as well.

After you use "make dep; make clean", type "make zImage".

What I found confusing about my recompilation is that it created a new
"/vmlinuz" for one time that I had tried. Another time, I had to go
into my subdirectory "/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot" to find the file
"zImage" which I copied to "/vmlinuz" before running "/sbin/lilo".

I don't recall what it was that I had done differently between these
two instances. I wanted to compile two versions of the kernel, one
that would only use the lower 16 megs of RAM and another that could
access all of the RAM on my system.

ED...

Just do a `make zImage' then copy the file
`/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage' (the path may be slightly
wrong) to wherever you want.  It's fully documented in the README of
the kernel source and the Kernel-HOWTO.

/Billy

I followed these steps, but when I entered "make zImage", it went through
all of the directories as expected, but then I got an error in
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot when compiling bootsector.c and
linking the resulting object file.

Apparently It could not find as86 in order to finish the compilation.
Where can I get this as86 prgram (and ld86, which is also mentioned in the
Makefile in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot).

I am trying to compile kernel 1.2.11 with gcc2.7.0, libc-5.0.9, and
binutils-2.5.2l.17.  I am currently running 1.1.59 kernel if that matters.

Thanks!

Sean

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