Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 May 2005 18:20:55 -0400 | From | Wakko Warner <> | Subject | Re: zImage on 2.6? |
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Brian Gerst wrote: > Wakko Warner wrote: > >Please keep me CCd > >As far as my question, it still stands. Is bzImage required (i386/x86) for > >a 2.6 kernel? > > > > More or less yes. As you're finding out, it's very difficult to build a > functioning 2.6 kernel that fits the size requirements of the zImage > format. Really, the zImage format is not needed anymore. It was only > kept around because a small number of ancient BIOSes failed to load the > bzImage format with the now defunct floppy boot block. There is no size > difference in the resulting zImage or bzImage, only the load address is > different.
Ok, thanks. Definately wanted to know this. The kernel will always be loaded by some boot loader (be it grub or syslinux)
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