Re: [TCLUG:6754] kernel too big

[schewe@tcfreenet.org]

On 28 Jun, Ben Luey wrote:
> Well, i recompiled with make dep;make clean;make bzImagenand bzImage
> (under /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot) is type bytes larger than before.
> What is with that? Now when I run lilo I get:
> 
> Warning: device 0x0302 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit
> geo_comp_addr: Cylinder number is too big (3438 > 1023) 
> 
Well, you see, lilo is still stuck on that 1024 limit for IDE drives. 
The partition that /boot is on needs to be within cylinder 1024.
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