Roger C. Scudder Jr. on Tue, 25 May 1999 21:50:19 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: rh6.0 -- anyone downloaded a new kernel


On Tue, 25 May 1999, Barry Spindler wrote:

> Note: the difference between 'zImage' files and 'bzImage' files is that
> 'bzImage' uses a different layout and a different loading algorithm,
> and thus has a larger capacity.  Both files use gzip compression.
> The 'bz' in 'bzImage' stands for 'big zImage', not for 'bzip'!

OIC... it's in the makefile comment "for big high loaded kerkels"

I see I'm not the first person to make an incorrect assumption on this
one. :-)

Thanks!
Roger



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