From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KZOtX-00015D-5b for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:45:31 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KZOtV-000158-JB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:45:29 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KZOtV-00014w-53 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:45:29 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46613 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KZOtV-00014t-0Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:45:29 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:54084) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KZOtU-0002do-K7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:45:28 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KZOje-0006rm-Ta for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:35:19 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KZOs7-0001DM-Ef for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:44:03 +0200 Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:44:03 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080830114403.GD16775@thorin> References: <48B01ADF.44F716.22363@m12-53.163.com> <5FA44B8A6FB247DDA84ECE18A08181A8@hp2003> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5FA44B8A6FB247DDA84ECE18A08181A8@hp2003> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [Question] Why not load compressed kernel? X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:45:29 -0000 On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 11:02:01PM +0800, y.volta wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to load a .gz multi-boot kernel file. but, I get 'invalid magic number'. and when i check the grub_rescue_cmd_linux (), it uses grub_file_open () not grub_gzfile_open (); > > So, my question, why not use the latter one for reducing the file size? Your question is confusing; you say you're loading a multiboot kernel but refer to the linux loader. Which one do you mean? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."