2003-09-15 01:23:10

by Paul Aviles

Subject: Boot question

Hello, maybe this is simple for most people here, but I cannot find a
solution to my problem. Is it possible to boot Linux using a .gz or bz2
kernel file and lilo? no matter what I type I just cannot get them to work.

Thanks and sorry for bothering..
-pa

2003-09-15 03:43:14

by Herbert Poetzl

Subject: Re: Boot question

On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 09:21:04PM -0400, Paul Aviles wrote:
> Hello, maybe this is simple for most people here, but I cannot find a
> solution to my problem. Is it possible to boot Linux using a .gz or bz2
> kernel file and lilo? no matter what I type I just cannot get them to work.

AFAIK, lilo understands zImage and bzImage but not
.gz and .bz2 compressed kernel images, although
zImage and bzImage use gzip compression ...

HTH,
Herbert

> Thanks and sorry for bothering..
> -pa