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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 18:25:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Max Inux <maxinux@bigfoot.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: bzImage ~ 900K with i386 test11-pre2
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On 10 Nov 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>Different compile options?
>
>Why is a 900K kernel unusable?
>
>	-hpa

My guess would be it not actually bzipping the kernel.  Id run make
bzImage again and making sure  it is bzipping it.

On x86 machines there is a size limitation on booting.  Though I thought
it was 1024K as the max, 900K should be fine.

William Tiemann
wtiemann@openpgp.net
http://www.OpenPGP.Net

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