On Sat, Nov 21, 1998 at 02:30:12AM -0600, Andrew Ivanov wrote: > I just finished compiling my own kernel( 2.0.34), and it comes out of size > 788K, which is too big for Lilo to handle. > Are there any ways around it? > > I tried make bzImage, like HOWTO suggested, but at the end of compilation > I get: > as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.a > make[1]: as86: Command not found > make[1]: *** [bbootsect.o] Error 127 > make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/arch/i386/boot/ > make: *** [bzImage] Error 2 > > It still produces a vmlinux file in /usr/src, though. But I don't know if > this is how bzImage is supposed to work. > Any ideas on what to do about that error and/or how to make LILO work with > a kernel of that size?
You need to install the binutils package; it contains as86. The vmlinux file is not the kernel you want to use with LILO; use arch/i386/boot/zImage or bzImage instead. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
