Re: kernel size

Eli Carter (eli.carter@inet.com)
Fri, 07 Dec 2001 10:46:20 -0600


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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