Re: general kernel question

2001-02-17 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 04:02:45PM +0100, c-3 wrote: > > And is there a way to compile a non compressed kernel image? whenever you build a kernel (using any target zImage bzImage or vmlinux) you will always have a uncompressed ELF kernel in the top level kernel source directory at the end of the

Re: general kernel question

2001-02-17 Thread Sebastiaan
On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, c-3 wrote: > Date sent:Fri, 16 Feb 2001 16:57:59 -0500 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Erik van Roode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: general kernel question > Forwarded by

Re: general kernel question

2001-02-17 Thread c-3
Date sent: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 16:57:59 -0500 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org From: Erik van Roode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: general kernel question Forwarded by: debian-user@lists.debian.org > At 10:32 P

Re: general kernel question

2001-02-16 Thread Erik van Roode
At 10:32 PM 2/16/01 +0100, c-3 wrote: I just wondered why the kernel is always compressed. Couldn't you save boot time, if it's not??? Depends on the speed of the medium from which you read the kernel, and the speed of the processor. If the processor can decompress faster than the medium ca

general kernel question

2001-02-16 Thread c-3
Hi! I just wondered why the kernel is always compressed. Couldn't you save boot time, if it's not??? Christian