On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 16:17, Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 09:40:37AM -0500, Mikes work account wrote:
>
> > I added the initrd.img to the vmlinuz and found out that the sizes
> > 'just' exceed my floppy size. Is there a way to flatten out those files
> > so I can create a boot disk?
> >
> > Can I somehow create a BzImage file that will be smaller than my present
> > files? Can I do that without endangering my filesystems?
> >
>
> Bzip2 compresses better than gzip, which is why there is a target for it
> in the kernel's makefile. Something like make bzImage.
For example, after you configure your kernel for compilation, type:
make dep; make clean; make bzImage; make modules; make modules_install;
then run lilo or manipulate grub. It might make your kernel a wee bit
smaller.
The Logan
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