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Re: decompression error: incorrect gzip header


>>>>> wyeepeng  writes:

> Hi,
> This is what I got after I executed:
> "lo -r -d -b 0x100000 /zImage"
> from the redboot of my ipaq to get the kernel thru tftp from my host pc.
> The zImage is a custom built kernel.

> I used "make zImage" to create the kernel.

> My gzip version is 1.3 (dated 1999-12-21) and my cross compile toolchain is 
> from handhelds.org. arm-elf-gcc version 2.95.2.

> Is is becos of version conflicts?

No. The zImage file is self-extracting. It is not a pure gzip'ed file.
Normally, you load a zImage and jump to it. The zImage code itself
will then do the decompression.

--Mark


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