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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 10:46:20 -0600
From: Eli Carter <eli.carter@inet.com>
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Subject: Re: kernel size
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rohit prasad wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  I have compiled a kernel on a machine with a partition size of 20GB and am running it there.
> 
>  I ftp'd this kernel to another machine with similar partition size of 20GB but when I run lilo there I get a message "Fatal: Size too Big"
> 
> Why is that.

Guesses:  different versions of lilo, and you're getting the failure on
the older version?  Maybe it's refering to the size of the kernel as
opposed to the disk partition?

Eli
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