Hey Andy, I don't know the answer to this one, but I'm also interrested in the solution.
Best regards, Cedric >-- Oorspronkelijk bericht -- >Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:10:44 +0000 >From: Andrew Benton <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Kernel compression >Reply-To: General chatter list <[email protected]> > > >Hello, >One of the new options in the 2.6.33 kernel is to use lzo compression. >It has the worst compression ratio of the 4 options but it is the >fastest at uncompressing the kernel. I'm not short of disk space so I >chose that option but that led me on to wondering, why does the kernel >need to be compressed at all? Is it possible to compile and boot a >kernel without compression? >Curiosity led me to try and boot the vmlinux file that's in the kernel >source after compiling a new kernel but that failed with the grub message > >error: invalid magic number > >Is it possible to compile and boot a kernel without compression? What am > >I doing wrong? > >Andy >-- >http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat >FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ >Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
