On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Alan Dayley <
alandd@consultpros.com> wrote:
> The Linux kernel is compressed and placed in a "zImage" file. What is
> the compression format of that file.
>
> I've never had to look into it before but I am now. I figure one of you
> may already know.
zimage is just gzip compression, and bzimage is bzip2 compression
(iirc) -- unless they are talking about cpio-related stuff for the
kernel I guess...
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Kristian Erik Hermansen
--
"It has been just so in all my inventions. The first step is an
intuition--and comes with a burst, then difficulties arise. This thing
gives out and then that--'Bugs'--as such little faults and
difficulties are called--show themselves and months of anxious
watching, study and labor are requisite before commercial success--or
failure--is certainly reached" -- Thomas Edison in a letter to
Theodore Puskas on November 18, 1878
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