> Hello,
>
> What is the point in having "zImage" at all? Why not build "bzImage"
> by default? Is there any advantage to the former?
>
> Regards,
>
> Y.
zImage will fit on a floppy so you can boot your system even if the
boot-sectors of you HD are corrupt. This allows you to fix things.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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