Very Computer

-Philip

My newly compiled kernel under RH5 is about 900k. LILO tells me its too
big, so I did another make xconfig to remove some parts. I feel that I
have removed all that there is to remove, but my kernel is still too big
for LILO.
How do I get LILO to load the new kernel? Or else, are there any
standard pitfalls that I fell into (I read the Kernel-HOWTO).

Thanks in advance,

Zoran

: My newly compiled kernel under RH5 is about 900k. LILO tells me its too
: big, so I did another make xconfig to remove some parts. I feel that I
: have removed all that there is to remove, but my kernel is still too big
: for LILO.
: How do I get LILO to load the new kernel? Or else, are there any
: standard pitfalls that I fell into (I read the Kernel-HOWTO).

Go back into menu config, and change stuff from "yes" to "module" where
possible.  This gets the stuff out of the core kernel and into modles
where it will be loaded *after* LILO has load the kernel.

This is what I do.  I've got kerneld running to manage loading the
modules automatically.

: Thanks in advance,

: Zoran

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Joi Ellis

: How do I get LILO to load the new kernel? Or else, are there any
: standard pitfalls that I fell into (I read the Kernel-HOWTO).

The standard pitfall which causes this is using the uncompressed kernel
file vmlinux. Make sure that you have gone to arch/i386/boot and then
copied zImage (the compressed kernel) to /boot/vmlinuz (or whereever lilo
expects it)