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vmlinux urgent

linuxtolinux — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:00:26 GMT

hi all,
how can I obtain vmlinux from vmlinuz?

thanks

Re: vmlinux urgent

Yogeeraj_1 — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 07:09:06 GMT

hi,

vmlinuz is a compressed vmlinux
( say, suitable to fit onto a floppy for booting off of it )

The Linux kernel executable was made into a compressed file and compressed files typically have a z or gz extension on Unix-like systems, the name of the compressed kernel executable became vmlinuz.

try to gunzip or unzip the file.

kind regards
yogeeraj

Re: vmlinux urgent

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 07:22:51 GMT

Yogeeraj is right - you can unzip vmlinuz.
But may I ask you why do you want/need this?
Do you have a problem with booting your kernel?

Re: vmlinux urgent

linuxtolinux — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:18:22 GMT

hi guys,

I installed centos 4.2 and vmlinux didn't appear under /boot. It seems it needs the debug info packages which is on a separat disk than the 4 binaries I donwloaded.

thanks

Re: vmlinux urgent

Steven E. Protter — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:35:00 GMT

Shalom,

You install most likely failed. I recommend doing it over again.

SEP

Re: vmlinux urgent

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:03:50 GMT

what do you have into /etc/grub.conf?
usually RH and other distros use vmlinuz for boot.

Re: vmlinux urgent

Manuel Wolfshant — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:31:12 GMT

actually NO current distribution uses vmlinux anymore...

Re: vmlinux urgent

Manuel Wolfshant — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:31:39 GMT

actually NO current distribution uses vmlinux anymore; for years the compressed image (vmlinuz) is used instead.

Re: vmlinux urgent

Andrew Cowan — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:32:21 GMT

If you rebuild the kernel vmlinuz may have been left somewhere in "/usr/src" and simply requires moving to /boot. If this is the case remember to also move the "system.map" file.

Re: vmlinux urgent

linuxtolinux — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:13:41 GMT

thanks all