Kernel Re-build help

[mbaranski]

I'm trying to build the new 2.4.0.test11 kernel, and when I go through the config, I enable loadable modules, but I still get the error:

Root device is (3, 5)
Boot sector 512 bytes.
Setup is 2367 bytes.
System is 758 kB
System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.
make[1]: *** [zImage] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'
make: *** [zImage] Error 2

I do make dep ; make clean ; make zImage

Should I make modules first, or make more of the modules loadabale when I configure the kernel?

Thanks... As always, I hope that helped!

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[boebox]

"System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules."

As this error message indicates, the kernel is too big for a zImage. Instead of "make zImage" do "make bzImage", that should work. I also included to HOWTO link.

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html

Tony