ERROR: kernel too large to boot

[Kelli Ward]

Hi all,

Hope everyone had a good weekend.
I was loading an SD bundle onto a 10.2 800 series server using SAM, when I encountered an error I've never seen before.
In essence make _kernel failed for:
ERROR: kernel too large to boot.
Actual: 13805042 bytes
Limit: 13580288 bytes

Does anyone know how I can adjust the boot limit of this kernel or if it is even possible?
If it is possible, I would like command line instructions on how to do this.

Thank you,
Kel

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Kelli,

Try this link,

http://us-support.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=cdd920fc00e8ee2ade/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000024128221

You need the patch "PHKL_13032".

This patch has been superceded by patch "PHKL_14280 ",

http://us-support.external.hp.com/wpsl/bin/doc.pl/screen=wpslDisplayPatch/sid=d652ee8f0480d6a99a?PACH_NAM=PHKL_14280

Hope this helps.

Regds

[fg_1 · Accepted solution]

Kelli

Here is a thread to a document with your problem. The basis of the fix is the SZLIMIT parameter in /usr/conf/gen/config.sys file is not able to handle larger than 13.5mb for kernel size.

Follow the instructions in the document to make the change.

Good luck.

FG.

[fg_1]

Kelli

Sorry about that, forgot to post the thread.

http://us-support3.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=7685d5d204e229f1ff/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000024645518

[T. M. Louah]

There's a patch that fix this issue:

PHKL_14280

Patch Description: hpux(1M) - large kernels & make_recovery(1M)
always have a good backup ..

G'd luck
t++