RE: [SLUG] vmlinux vs vmlinuz

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

Not sure, I just used the same name i.e. vmlinuz... too.

Someone else on this knowledgeable list may know better :-)



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-----Original Message-----
From: slug-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:slug-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Matthew Clark
Sent: Tuesday, 21 August 2001 4:43 PM
Cc: SLUG
Subject: Re: [SLUG] vmlinux vs vmlinuz


Then what is the convention for bzipped kernel images? Or is there none
really?

"Simon Wong @ CSE" wrote:

> 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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