kexec: Cannot determine the file type of arch/x86/boot/bzImage

[Randy Dunlap]

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:51:13 +0200 Thomas Meyer wrote:

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> Hi.
> 
> Look at this:
> 
> $ file arch/x86/boot/bzImage (tree 821f3eff7cdb9d6c7076effabd46c96c322daed1)
> arch/x86/boot/bzImage: Linux kernel x86 boot executable zImage, version
> 2.6.23 (thomas at hotzenplotz) #39, RO-rootFS, root_dev 0x803, swap_dev
> 0x1, Prompt for Videomode
> 
> $ file /boot/bzImage-2.6.23
> /boot/bzImage-2.6.23: Linux kernel x86 boot executable RO-rootFS,
> root_dev 0x803, swap_dev 0x1, Normal VGA
> 
> and this:
> 
> # kexec -l arch/x86/boot/bzImage
> Cannot determine the file type of arch/x86/boot/bzImage
> 
> How to solve this error?
> 
> mfg
> thomas
> 
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~Randy