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SubjectRe: Advantages of zImage vs. bzImage for 2.2.x kernel?
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Followup to:  <ABl_P0tOD9@khim.sch57.msk.ru>
By author: "Khimenko Victor" <khim@sch57.msk.ru>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.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...
>

At least using SYSLINUX, bzImage boots faster.

-hpa
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and that would not necessarily arouse suspicions."
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