Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Sep 2003 19:52:39 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | RE: Compressed VMLINUX Kernel | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> |
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> I was wondering, is there some method or utility that will allow me to > compress my kernel (vmlinux)? I was running an alpha and bzImage and zImage > dont work. I read all the mans that I could lay my grubby little hands on > but none of them mentioned HOW one is the compress a vmlinux kernel. > The reason ask this is, I boot to linux using an OLD IDE drive and it takes > sometime to read a 7mb file. I noticed that the original kernel > (Redhat/Compaq derivative) was compressed and somewhat smaller, about less > than half the size. Thanks, Will L G
Kernel version?
In 2.4.22 and 2.6.0-test, there are targets for ALPHA called vmlinux.gz. Have you tried 'make vmlinux.gz' ?
~Randy
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