Re: 'System is too big' is becoming a problem

Richard B. Johnson (root@analogic.com)
Sat, 17 May 1997 09:19:02 -0400 (EDT)


On Fri, 16 May 1997, yuri mironoff wrote:

> Hello,
>
> What is the point in having "zImage" at all? Why not build "bzImage"
> by default? Is there any advantage to the former?
>
> Regards,
>
> Y.

zImage will fit on a floppy so you can boot your system even if the
boot-sectors of you HD are corrupt. This allows you to fix things.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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