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diff --git a/arch/x86_64/boot/tools/build.c b/arch/x86_64/boot/tools/build.c
index c2fa66313..eae866917 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/boot/tools/build.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/boot/tools/build.c
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 /*
- *  $Id: build.c,v 1.3 2001/06/26 15:14:50 pavel Exp $
- *
  *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
  *  Copyright (C) 1997 Martin Mares
  */
@@ -8,7 +6,8 @@
 /*
  * This file builds a disk-image from three different files:
  *
- * - bootsect: exactly 512 bytes of 8086 machine code, loads the rest
+ * - bootsect: compatibility mbr which prints an error message if
+ *             someone tries to boot the kernel directly.
  * - setup: 8086 machine code, sets up system parm
  * - system: 80386 code for actual system
  *
@@ -150,10 +149,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
 	sz = sb.st_size;
 	fprintf (stderr, "System is %d kB\n", sz/1024);
 	sys_size = (sz + 15) / 16;
-	/* 0x40000*16 = 4.0 MB, reasonable estimate for the current maximum */
-	if (sys_size > (is_big_kernel ? 0x40000 : DEF_SYSSIZE))
-		die("System is too big. Try using %smodules.",
-			is_big_kernel ? "" : "bzImage or ");
+	if (!is_big_kernel && sys_size > DEF_SYSSIZE)
+		die("System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.");
 	while (sz > 0) {
 		int l, n;
 
@@ -179,7 +176,9 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
 		die("Output: seek failed");
 	buf[0] = (sys_size & 0xff);
 	buf[1] = ((sys_size >> 8) & 0xff);
-	if (write(1, buf, 2) != 2)
+	buf[2] = ((sys_size >> 16) & 0xff);
+	buf[3] = ((sys_size >> 24) & 0xff);
+	if (write(1, buf, 4) != 4)
 		die("Write of image length failed");
 
 	return 0;					    /* Everything is OK */