Re: bzImage and zImage

H. Peter Anvin (linker@nightshade.ml.org)
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 01:20:37 -0400 (EDT)


On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Phil Rosenthal wrote:

> what exactely is the difference between bzImage and zImage?
> I never new the difference, and just blindly started using bzImage when I
> noticed the option...
> --Phil

bzImage allows kernels bigger then 512k (a very real situation when you
have both SMP and SCSI). zImage did not allow this.

bzImage requires newer versions of the various loaders.

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