vmlinuz

[Ed Greshko]

On 08/06/2012 07:43 PM, Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-08-05 at 22:37 -0700, Richard Vickery wrote:
>> is it possible to use an image from another user
> Maybe...
>
> If I recall correctly, it's custom-built for your computer's hardware
> when the kernel is installed, including the things you need for your PC
> to boot.  It mightn't have what someone else needs to boot up, or may
> boot up but be lacking something important (such as no working network
> hardware, or drivers for all your disc drives, et cetera).
>

FWIW, I'd not give vmlinuz much thought....

So, I downloaded the kernel-3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64.rpm and extracted its vmlinuz-3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64 and did a diff of what is on my system and what is on a VM.  They are all identical.

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