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authorSrikant Patnaik2015-01-11 12:28:04 +0530
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+To extract the kernel vmlinux, System.map, .config or initrd from the zImage binary:
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+objcopy -j .kernel:vmlinux -O binary zImage vmlinux.gz
+objcopy -j .kernel:System.map -O binary zImage System.map.gz
+objcopy -j .kernel:.config -O binary zImage config.gz
+objcopy -j .kernel:initrd -O binary zImage.initrd initrd.gz
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+ Peter
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