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Re: FYI: dh_upx compresses i386 executables



On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 11:39:07PM -0700, David Whedon wrote:
> Recent versions of upx can compress a linux bzImage (I've seen 13% shaved off 
> a bzImage).  debian-installer may use it to squeeze more onto the single 
> floppy (kernel + initrd with modules).

Isn't that slightly redundant? A bzImage is compressed in the first place.
If anything, it should compress the vmlinux.



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