Re: VMLINUX <--> VMLINUZ ?
Arvind Sankar (arvinds@mit.edu)
Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:40:59 -0500
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 08:14:14AM -0600, Alan McLean wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 03:48:19PM +0200, deicide wrote:
> > hi again,
> > i wrote another message about my problems compiling kernel. despite all my
> > problems making the zImage(vmlinuz) file i thing i have the prepared
> > vmlinux file. my question is: how to compress vmlinux by hand (the
> > automatic way - make zImage doesn't work) - i.e. to make it vmlinuz(zImage)?
> >
> > thanks in advance for your help!
>
> >From /usr/src/linux/README
>
> - In order to boot your new kernel, you'll need to copy the kernel
> image (found in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage after compilation)
> to the place where your regular bootable kernel is found.
>
> this comment has been there for a very long time
>
Next time, read the post before telling 'im to RTFM. Bugger can't make a zImage, so
little point in him trying to copy it anywhere.
-- arvind
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