"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'!"
For the rest of all I know about bzlilo, bzImage, bzdisk, etc.,
read that file. Have a good one! :)
> From: Jussi Hamalainen <count@theblah.org>
> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 10:23:51 +0300 (EEST)
> Subject: Re: Advantages of zImage vs. bzImage for 2.2.x kernel?
>
> On 30 Mar 1999, Christophe Broult wrote:
>
> > I do not know why but I cannot boot with a bzImage on my computer.
>
> LILO version too old? I have LILO version 20 and it boots bzImage
> nicely.
>
> The original questions was what are the advantages of bzImage over
> zImage. The main advantage, I guess, is that in a bzImage the kernel
> is compressed with bzip, which can compress things tighter than gzip
> (zImage). The size of the image is limited and thus you can boot a
> bigger kernel using bzImage. There seem to be no speed differences,
> not at least any that I can notice. It takes about a second or two
> for the kernel to decompress on my P233MMX and after that it doesn't
> matter which image type you use.
>
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>
>
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