Multiple choice technology operating systems

What file represents the linux kernel?

  1. /linux

  2. /vmlinuz

  3. /boot/kernel

  4. /boot/linux
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Explanation

The Linux kernel is represented by /vmlinuz or /boot/vmlinuz (vmlinuz = virtual memory LINUx gZip). This is the compressed kernel image file that the bootloader loads. The other options (/linux, /boot/kernel, /boot/linux) are not standard kernel file paths in Linux distributions.

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