bzImage and vmlinux files

[Net Llama!]

On 12/21/02 21:16, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> While building kernels I notice that I end up with a bzImage and a vmlinux 
> files.  The bzImage I copy to /boot as a vmlinuz-xxxxx and it is specified 
> in lilo.conf.  What is the vmlinux file for?  Why is it generated.  Is it 
> the uncompressed version of bzImage?

Yup.

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