Kernel compile error: what does it mean?
 

Hello everyone,
I was wondering if anyone can give me any insight on what this error means.



tools/build bootsect setup compressed/vmlinux.out CURRENT > zImage
Root device is (3, 2)
Boot sector 512 bytes.
Setup is 2604 bytes.
System is 832 kB
System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.
make[1]: *** [zImage] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-20.9/arch/i386/boot'
make: *** [zImage] Error 2



What I think this means is that the compressed kernel is more than the space I have on my boot partition. My boot partition is /dev/hda1 which has 102784 blocks. Am I understanding this correctly? Is this a case of me needing to expand my /dev/hda1 partition?


Thank you,

It tells you to do
make bzImage
instead of
make zImage
Have you tried? The other thing it suggests is using modules instead of compilng everything into the kernel.

You were correct quatsch. Thank you very much for seeing that. I guess I have been staring at it to long to see that :)

Thank you again.