Re: vmlinuz

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From: Owen Crocker
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:00

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howardc@castlemaine.net.au (Howard Coe) writes:

> In article <mi34HD1w165w@electech.dialix.oz.au>,
> owen@electech.dialix.oz.au (Owen Crocker) wrote:
> 
> <SNIP>
> 
> > /etc/lilo.conf has a line "image=/vmlinuz" and I guess that is what is
> > currently booting, but "make vmlinuz" doesn't do me any good.
> > I don't seem to have a vmlinuz.c or anything close.
> > 
> > Am I asking the right question ?
> > 
> > Regards to all....
> 
> "make zImage" is the command that produces vmlinuz, which is where you are
> confused - there is no make vmlinuz command. Think of "make zImage" as
> meaning "make a compressed kernel called vmlinuz and put it into root"

And to help other newbies and what I missed was......

Copy or rename zImage to /vmlinuz.

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Date: 1996/01/25
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