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From: Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>
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Subject: pxe boot size limit?
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it seems that pxeboot has a limit with respect to the kernel size,
which prevents the kernel to get loaded, the error printed is
slightly misleading.

the solution is to make a kernel with loadable modules, instead of
compiled in.

danny