On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Ted Gervais wrote:
>
>
> I notice in the /boot directory that I have :
>
> vmlinuz-2.4.2-2 785602 bytes, and
> vmlinux-2.4.2-2 2271899 bytes.
>
> What is the difference? I thought vmlinuz was the kernel filed that was
> called on 'boot' but this particular file is small at least compared to
> vmlinux?? What is the vmlinux file for. If it is part of the boot process
> how is IT called??
the "z" file is the bzipped file, which is why it's smaller. take a look
at /etc/lilo.conf and you'll see which one's critical to have around. :-)
rday
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