Re: manual kernel recompile vs make-kpkg

["Gregory T. Norris" <haphazard@socket.net>]

I've set a few defaults via the conffile:

     adric@glitch[~]$ egrep -v "(^#|^$)" /etc/kernel-pkg.conf 
     maintainer := Gregory T. Norris
     email := haphazard@socket.net
     priority := Low
     debian := custom.1
     kimage := bzImage

That being done, I proceed as follows:

     untar ; make *config
     make-kpkg clean
     fakeroot make-kpkg binary
     dpkg -i kernel-image*.deb

> Another question is what exactly is the difference between bzimage and
> zimage, and which one should I be using?

bzImage kernels get uncompressed into protected-mode memory, while
zImage kernels are uncompressed in real-mode, and then relocated into
protected-mode memory after the kernel gains control.  Basically this
means that zImage kernels MUST load and uncompress fully in the lower
640KB.

It's generally recommended that you stick with bzImage, unless you have
a system which is unable to boot using that format.