Re: initrd, vmlinuz and vmlinux

2002-10-03 Thread bob parker
On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 07:41, Alvin Oga wrote: Thanks, bob > hi ya bob > > i dont use kernels in the debian way > > d/l and install the latest kernel from kernel.org > cd /usr/local/src > tar zxvfp linux-2.4.19.tar.gz > cd linux-2.4.19 > make xconfig --> pick what you need, turn off everything else >

Re: initrd, vmlinuz and vmlinux

2002-10-03 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya bob i dont use kernels in the debian way d/l and install the latest kernel from kernel.org cd /usr/local/src tar zxvfp linux-2.4.19.tar.gz cd linux-2.4.19 make xconfig --> pick what you need, turn off everything else make dep ; make clean ; make bzlilo - fix any errors ( kernel op

Re: initrd, vmlinuz and vmlinux

2002-10-02 Thread bob parker
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 23:50, Alvin Oga wrote: > hi ya > > vmlinux is an uncompressed kernel > ( erase these seems to occupy space ) > > vmlinuz is a compressed vmlinux > ( say, suitable to fit onto a floppy for booting off of it ) > > initrd is typically used for temporarily booting the

Re: initrd, vmlinuz and vmlinux

2002-10-02 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya vmlinux is an uncompressed kernel ( erase these seems to occupy space ) vmlinuz is a compressed vmlinux ( say, suitable to fit onto a floppy for booting off of it ) initrd is typically used for temporarily booting the hw into a state, that the real kernel vmlinuz can tha

initrd, vmlinuz and vmlinux

2002-10-02 Thread Q. Gong
Hi, Under /boot, there are three files, such as vmlinuz-version, vmlinux-version, and initrd-version.img. What's the differences between them? Can initrd-version.img be used for both vmlinuz and vmlinux? Thanks a lot in advance. Qian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub