If your kernel is only compressed with gzip, then rebuilding with `make bzImage` as suggested below will indeed help a little. However, most modern kernels are made this way anyway, so unless you made it yourself with with only gzip compression, you might not gain anything. You'll probably be better off going into the kernel config and removing nonessential options.
Levi
On Sat, 04 Jan 2003 16:43:25 -0500
Logan <logan1304@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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.
>
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