Date sent: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 16:57:59 -0500 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org From: Erik van Roode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: general kernel question Forwarded by: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> At 10:32 PM 2/16/01 +0100, c-3 wrote: > > >I just wondered why the kernel is always compressed. Couldn't you > >save boot time, if it's not??? > > Depends on the speed of the medium from which you read the kernel, > and the speed of the processor. > > If the processor can decompress faster than the medium can read, it makes > sense to compress the image. And is there a way to compile a non compressed kernel image?
