Problems to make bzImage small enough

Hi list,
if I am trying to build the kernel linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r9 with athlon-xp
optimization then the kernel is too big:
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tools/build -b bbootsect bsetup compressed/bvmlinux.out CURRENT >
bzImage
Root device is (3, 2)
Boot sector 512 bytes.
Setup is 2566 bytes.
System is 1000 kB
warning: kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy
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The next try was I am used athlon/Duron optimization
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tools/build -b bbootsect bsetup compressed/bvmlinux.out CURRENT >
bzImage
Root device is (3, 2)
Boot sector 512 bytes.
Setup is 2566 bytes.
System is 1001 kB
warning: kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy
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Does anybody solved this problem?

(nearly everything is build as module)
My base is stage3-i686_athlon.xp-1.4_rc1.tar.bz2
chrootet gcc (GCC) 3.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.0 3.2-1mdk)

Or is it possible with little work by myself to build the kernel with
initrd within gentoo? (meaning is there support by the package-system
for this)

Bernd