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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] When did bzImage move?
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:57:45
Message-Id: 49850FA2.6080106@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] When did bzImage move? by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > On Sonntag 01 Februar 2009, Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >> Hi,
5 >>
6 >> I just rebuilt a newer kernel and noticed something. It seems bzImage
7 >> has moved from arch/i386/boot/bzImage to arch/x86/boot/bzImage. When
8 >> did this happen? Is x86 the same as i386?
9 >>
10 >
11 > yes. They merged the '386' and the amd64/x86_64 architecture into x86.
12 >
13 > And it happend a couple of kernel versions ago.
14 >
15
16 OK. At least I ain't going crazy. Whew, that was close.
17
18 >
19 >> I'm just wanting to make sure I am not going to blow up something when I
20 >> boot that thing.
21 >>
22 >
23 > why do you care anyway? Just install debianutils and use make install.
24 >
25 >
26 >
27
28
29 I like to copy mine manually. I dunno, I just do. I'm weird that way.
30 I also have a unique way of naming my kernels so I can keep up with
31 which is which.
32
33 Dale
34
35 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] When did bzImage move? Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>