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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