Re: what is bzImage?

[John Corey <whoop@mtco.com>]

Alan Wilson wrote:
> 
> I am sure the gang will correct me if I am wrong, but bzImage is compressed;
> zImage is not.
> 
> On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Travis Davies wrote:
> 
> >
> > I recently compiled a new kernel. when it was done I had errors saying
> > the kernel was too big. and suggested that I use "make bzImage" instead
> > of "make zImage"
> > Whats the difference?
> >

Almost.  zImage uses gzip to compress, bzImage uses bzip.  BZip is a bit
better compression program than gzip, so your kernel image will be
smaller and fit into memory.

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