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vmlinuz vs vmlinux

To: LIH <linux-india-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: vmlinuz vs vmlinux
From: "V.Suresh" <suresh-grl@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:50:23 -0500
Cc: LD <linux-delhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Mail-followup-to: LIH <linux-india-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, LD <linux-delhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Mua: Mutt 1.2.5i, Fully Loaded!
Os: Linux 2.2.16
User-agent: Mutt/1.2.5i

My /boot dir contains a vmlinux-2.2.16  1.5 MB, and a vmlinuz-2.2.16 612 KB.
I know vmlinuz is the kernel for booting. What is vmlinux-xxx then?
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