Thread: size of kerne
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Old 02-19-2008, 11:02 AM
JB
 
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Default Re: size of kerne

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 19:25:15 +0000, Kai Brust wrote:

> JB <danube@delet.cwcom.net> wrote:
>>
>> With SL7 I always compiled a kernel ending up with about 500kB in size.
>> With SL9.1 I am getting 1.1Gb. Why is the kernel now so big and which are

>
> Slackware 7.0 included Kernel 2.2.3, Slackware 9.1 came with 2.4.22.
> Times change, sizes increase. Live with it, or run the latest 2.2.x
> kernel.
>
> BTW, i dont belive that your's is really a 1.1 GB monster-kernel. That
> would be enough to include every version you can find at kernel.org.
>
> Regards,
> Kai Brust


Sorry,1.1Mb of course.
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