From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262133AbTICE7H (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 00:59:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262372AbTICE7H (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 00:59:07 -0400 Received: from willy.net1.nerim.net ([62.212.114.60]:50183 "EHLO www.home.local") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262133AbTICE7F convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 00:59:05 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 06:50:32 +0200 From: Willy Tarreau To: Will L G Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Compressed VMLINUX Kernel Message-ID: <20030903045032.GB24145@alpha.home.local> References: <004801c371c1$fc64b0f0$6501a8c0@zephyr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT In-Reply-To: <004801c371c1$fc64b0f0$6501a8c0@zephyr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 09:20:46PM -0500, Will L G wrote: > I was wondering, is there some method or utility that will allow me to > compress my kernel (vmlinux)? I was running an alpha and bzImage and zImage > don’t work.  I read all the mans that I could lay my grubby little hands on > but none of them mentioned HOW one is the compress a vmlinux kernel.  >   > The reason ask this is, I boot to linux using an OLD IDE drive and it takes > sometime to read a 7mb file. I noticed that the original kernel > (Redhat/Compaq derivative) was compressed and somewhat smaller, about less > than half the size. Thanks, Will L G >   I'm pretty sure I already booted mine with a vmlinux.gz kernel which simply was a gzip applied to a normal vmlinux image. Regards, willy