RE: [SLUG] vmlinux vs vmlinuz

["Simon Wong @ CSE" <SJPWong@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The vm part is some old convention and the z indicates that it is compressed
(z for gZipped).

The names are conventions and can in fact be anything you want.

HTH.



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-----Original Message-----
From: slug-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:slug-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Matthew Clark
Sent: Tuesday, 21 August 2001 3:58 PM
To: slug@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [SLUG] vmlinux vs vmlinuz


What's the difference between the vmlinux-xxxx and the vmlinux-xxxx
files in the /boot directory???

Cheers,
Matt


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