diff --git a/_pages/documentation/general_docs/gem5_resources.md b/_pages/documentation/general_docs/gem5_resources.md
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--- a/_pages/documentation/general_docs/gem5_resources.md
+++ b/_pages/documentation/general_docs/gem5_resources.md
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
 |square | --- | [here](https://gem5.googlesource.com/public/gem5-resources/+/refs/heads/master/src/square) |
 |spec-2006 | --- | [here](https://gem5.googlesource.com/public/gem5-resources/+/refs/heads/master/src/spec-2017) |
 |spec-2017 | --- | [here](https://gem5.googlesource.com/public/gem5-resources/+/refs/heads/master/src/spec-2006) |
-|gapbs | [Disk Image](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/v20/images/x86/ubuntu-18-04/gapbs) | [here](https://gem5.googlesource.com/public/gem5-resources/+/refs/heads/master/src/gapbs) |
-|parsec | [Disk Image](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/v20/images/x86/ubuntu-18-04/parsec) | [here](https://gem5.googlesource.com/public/gem5-resources/+/refs/heads/master/src/parsec) |
-|npb | [Disk Image](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/v20/images/x86/ubuntu-18-04/npb) | [here](https://gem5.googlesource.com/public/gem5-resources/+/refs/heads/master/src/npb) |
-|Linux boot-exit | [Disk Image](http://dist.gem5.org/v20/images/x86/ubuntu-18-04/boot-exit) |[here](https://gem5.googlesource.com/public/gem5-resources/+/refs/heads/master/src/boot-exit) |
+|gapbs | [Disk Image (GZIPPED)](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/v20/images/x86/ubuntu-18-04/gapbs.img.gz) | [here](https://gem5.googlesource.com/public/gem5-resources/+/refs/heads/master/src/gapbs) |
+|parsec | [Disk Image (GZIPPED)](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/v20/images/x86/ubuntu-18-04/parsec.img.gz) | [here](https://gem5.googlesource.com/public/gem5-resources/+/refs/heads/master/src/parsec) |
+|npb | [Disk Image (GZIPPED)](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/v20/images/x86/ubuntu-18-04/npb.img.gz) | [here](https://gem5.googlesource.com/public/gem5-resources/+/refs/heads/master/src/npb) |
+|Linux boot-exit | [Disk Image (GZIPPED)](http://dist.gem5.org/v20/images/x86/ubuntu-18-04/boot-exit.img.gz) |[here](https://gem5.googlesource.com/public/gem5-resources/+/refs/heads/master/src/boot-exit) |
 
 ## How do I obtain the gem5 resource sources?
 
diff --git a/_posts/2020-03-09-boot-tests.md b/_posts/2020-03-09-boot-tests.md
index a67265d..1ab3041 100644
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@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 The gem5 configuration scripts used to run these experiments are available in the [gem5art repo](https://github.com/darchr/gem5art/tree/master/docs/gem5-configs/configs-boot-tests/) and the details of how these experiments were run using gem5art can be found in the [gem5art boot tutorial](https://gem5art.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/boot-tutorial.html).
 The disk image and Linux kernel binaries we used are available from the following links (**warning:** the sizes of these files range from few MBs to 2GB):
 
-- [disk image](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/current/images/x86/ubuntu-18-04/base.img) (**Note:** /root/.bashrc in this disk image contains `m5 exit`, which will make the guest terminate the simulation as soon as it boots)
+- [disk image (GZIPPED)](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/current/images/x86/ubuntu-18-04/base.img.gz) (**Note:** /root/.bashrc in this disk image contains `m5 exit`, which will make the guest terminate the simulation as soon as it boots)
 - [vmlinux-4.4.186](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/current/kernels/x86/static/vmlinux-4.4.189)
 - [vmlinux-4.9.186](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/current/kernels/x86/static/vmlinux-4.9.186)
 - [vmlinux-4.14.134](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/current/kernels/x86/static/vmlinux-4.14.134)