Messages in this thread | | | From | "Khimenko Victor" <> | Date | Wed, 31 Mar 1999 07:09:19 +0400 (MSD) | Subject | Re: Advantages of zImage vs. bzImage for 2.2.x kernel? |
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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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