Re: kernel image too large ?

[Ashish Samant <als1140 cs rit edu>]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Pete Nesbitt wrote:

> > Root device is (3,3)
> > Boot sector is 512 bytes
> > Setup is 4667 bytes
> > System is 1028 Kb
> > warning : kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy.
> > .......
> >
> > What does that signify ? Have I chosen too many modules and options during
> > Ashish Samant.

> Hi Ashish,
> It sounds like the image is fine, unless you are planning on putting it on a
> floppy disk. For the record, more modules, means less built into the kernel,
> which means a smaller kernel.
>

Thanks Pete,

Yeah , thats what I had thought too, and I checked the size of my exisitng
kernel, which was more than this new one, so I assumed it was ok to
proceed. That was my first attempt to do anything with the kernel, and
hence was a little cautious:) ( didnt want to see my system go up in smoke
! )

--Ashish.