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SubjectRe: Advantages of zImage vs. bzImage for 2.2.x kernel?
In <199903301554.KAA13714@indy3.indy.net> Steve Snyder (ssnyder@indy.net) wrote:
> Given that I can boot the v2.2.x kernel from either a zImage or bzImage
> file, is there an advantage of one format over the other? Does one format
> use less RAM and/or boot faster?

AFAIK zImage boots few microseconds faster but it's not the point. THE point
is that some BIOS/loader combinations just can not handle bzImage. After
bootstrapping they are identical...




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