I'm unzip zImage.gz to zImage and HaRET boot fine for me, just checked with old zImage with file command and its reported as:
Code:
┌─(uocnb@oxygen)-(00:17:07-:-16/12)─-]∙-∙∙·
└─(12.16.10-dirty_35fb)─∙· file '/media/t2w/andboot/bk/12.12.10/zImage'
/media/t2w/andboot/bk/12.12.10/zImage: data
By the theory, "z" prefix is meaning zipped kernel image (just FYI: some of zip method is used such as: lzma, gzip, lzo ...) but dunno why "file" command report as "data"