Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Mar 1999 16:39:00 -0600 | From | Matthew Vanecek <> | Subject | Re: Advantages of zImage vs. bzImage for 2.2.x kernel? |
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Christophe Broult wrote: > > "Steve Snyder" <ssnyder@indy.net> writes: > > > Given that I can boot the v2.2.x kernel from either a zImage or bzImage > > I do not know why but I cannot boot with a bzImage on my computer. > > > file, is there an advantage of one format over the other? Does one format > > use less RAM and/or boot faster? > > Chris >
My incomplete understanding of bzImage is that it skirts around the 640K size limit imposed by BIOS's a la the DOS era. This allows you to have larger kernels than 640K. At least, that's how I understand it. Means you can compile more *into* the kernel and have less modules. I wish I understood the mechanics better.
Hopefully, this isn't *too* far off base, but I read something to this effect in one of the docs.
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