lilo said:" Kernel /boot/vmlinuz.new is too big"

[frederick van tagero]

i want to make one boot/root floppy disk, but even after I delete all the module, the vmlinuz i get also have 930k, bigger than the old one(800K), i dont know what is the problem.

regards,
Frederick

[Michael Steele_2 · Accepted solution]

First, are you using make bzImage?

Also check that during the make the new kernel is still not linked to the old configuration. Check /etc/lilo.conf

1) make modules

2) cp -R /lib/modules/2.4.?? /lib/modules/2.4.??.bak

Here's a procedure to follow:

http://www.linuxheadquarters.com/howto/tuning/kernelcompilation.shtml

[frederick van tagero]

Yes, I find bzImage in
/usr/src/linux-2.4.7-10/arch/i386/boot/, but what useful about the created file vmlinuz? I met some confused.

Best Regards,
Fredeirck

[Sergejs Svitnevs]

Don't use the vmlinux-file, but the bzImage-file. The vmlinux-file is the
uncompressed file, and shouldn't be used. Try recompiling kernel using
# make bzImage
# make modules_install
It will compress the kernel image, make it possible for lilo to actually load the compiler you've installed and allows module support.

Regards,
Sergejs