Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Advantages of zImage vs. bzImage for 2.2.x kernel? | Date | 3 Apr 1999 12:48:51 GMT |
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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.
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