Linux ver 2.6.32.2 transfer hangs

I downloaded the 2.6.32.2 Linux kernel with the mini2440 additions compiled
it for WIFI & DHCP and its size is 2.4M.
Using the dnw tool on Windows I  press 'x','v' with supervivi-128M but it
hangs when I perform the 'k' with the zImage. I previously have compiled
the linux 2.6.9 ver is a directory right beside the other kernel on the
same Fedora PC and it was under 2M and had no problems.
Could there be a hardware limitation for my board?
What an I missing?
The reason I wanted to update the kernel was that the RTL2070 USB WIFI does
not work on the old kernel.
Can I just copy the drivers/wireless/rt2000 folder from the new kernel to
the old and recompile?
The TP-LINK TL-WN321G USB dongles come in both 2050 & 2070 chips versions.
We need to support both.

Any help would be appreciated.

Just a faint recollection but some people seemed to be changing the size of
the area allowed for the kernel.

Search <2.4 kernel size>? 

http://www.friendlyarm.net/forum/topic/541
http://www.friendlyarm.net/forum/topic/661

Thanks. I resolved that problem by changing the partition sizes with the
vivi parts commands increasing the kernel size and updated to kernel
2.6.32.2. 

Now that I have the new kernel, I checked the USB WIFI driver for the
TL-WN321G dongle with the rt2070 chip. The same dongle with the rt2050 chip
works.

I also installed the new wifi kit and the data I received is show in the
kit thread
http://www.friendlyarm.net/forum/topic/1479#lastpost

Any help at all would be nice.
thanks