Why Debian default kernel is bzImage ?
Every time I pick up a new Debian drop from scratch (ie use the install
disks), I have to find the special "tecra" disks since on all portables
I have installed Debian on, the standard disks, being bzImage do not
boot.
I also have to take care since after the base install, the standard
kernel-image files which are usually preselected by dselect, would
render my system unbootable again.
At the end of the base install, I must install the compiler, ther kernel
sources and run a make-kpkg --zimage --revision mymachine.1 kernel_image
and install the resulting package prior to the first reboot.
All of this would not be necessary if Debian's kernel format was zImage.
Why isn't this desirable ? In most contributions to this list, when it
comes to kernel compiling I very often see make zimage or make-kpkg
--zimage crop up ...
Thank you.
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Robert J. Alexander <rja@raleigh.ibm.com>
AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim
Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy
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