Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 17 May 1997 09:19:02 -0400 (EDT) | | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | | Subject | Re: 'System is too big' is becoming a problem |
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On Fri, 16 May 1997, yuri mironoff wrote:
> Hello, > > What is the point in having "zImage" at all? Why not build "bzImage" > by default? Is there any advantage to the former? > > Regards, > > Y.
zImage will fit on a floppy so you can boot your system even if the boot-sectors of you HD are corrupt. This allows you to fix things.
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