Forum OpenACS Q&A: kernel too big on rpm kernel update...

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1: kernel too big on rpm kernel update...
Posted by David Kuczek on 06/17/01 12:07 AM
I tried to update the kernel on a test machine from 2.2.14 on RH 6.2
to 2.2.19.

Everything looked just fine until I wanted to type lilo. It gave me
the errormsg that the kernel was too big.

Did anyone run into this problem, too?

Thanks

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2: Response to kernel too big on rpm kernel update... (response to 1)
Posted by Jamie Ross on 06/17/01 01:05 AM
this is a more generic problem with the more recent kernels.  Try recompiling your kernel to remove any features you don't need, use modules where you can and make sure you compile with the compressed option..
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3: Response to kernel too big on rpm kernel update... (response to 1)
Posted by David Kuczek on 06/17/01 10:33 AM
Thanks Jamie,

I found out about the real mistake. For the records:

I had an SCSI Controller installed and didn't create a new initrd file.

There is a great documentation about upgrading your RH kernel via rpm here.

You should spend the time reading it!! I am talking out of own experience 😉