Re: what is bzImage?

[Tim Grossner <tg@wintermute.cityscape.net>]

ACtually, I would wager that its not to compress it to fit in MEMORY, but
to fit into the boot sector...I think...:-) I may be full of it, but I
think thats the purpose.





Tim Grossner

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On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, John Corey wrote:

> 
> 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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