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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: Advantages of zImage vs. bzImage for 2.2.x kernel? (not bzip2)
From:       Aaron Tiensivu <tiensivu () pilot ! msu ! edu>
Date:       1999-03-31 19:25:55
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> zImage. The main advantage, I guess, is that in a bzImage the kernel
> is compressed with bzip, which can compress things tighter than gzip

No no no. :)
If it used bzip, it would need megabytes to decompress the image.
bzImage still uses gzip.


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