Check it's the right file, zImage not vmlinux

Forum: The Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide
Re: Problem Getting the Kernel small enough
Keywords: Kernel too large
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 22:39:25 GMT
From: Cameron <cls@greens.org>

I get questions like that every week, from people making LILO floppies. The most common problem is that they are trying to install /usr/src/linux/vmlinux on their floppy. That's the wrong file! It's too big! The file you probably wanted was /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage