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From: julian@TFS.COM (Julian Elischer)
Subject: Re: kernel size
To: phk@critter.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp)
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 11:27:54 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <3807.809810731@critter.tfs.com> from "Poul-Henning Kamp" at Aug 30, 95 12:25:31 pm
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> 
> > I made one today
> > 
> > look in the makefile..
> > 
> > release.8: write_mfs_in_kernel
> >         @cd ${.CURDIR} && $(MAKE) ckRELEASEDIR
> >         rm -rf ${RD}/mfsfd
> >         mkdir ${RD}/mfsfd
> >         cd ${RD}/mfsfd && \
> >                 mkdir -p dev mnt stand/help
> >         @cd ${.CURDIR} && $(MAKE) installCRUNCH CRUNCH=boot \
> >                 DIR=${RD}/mfsfd/stand ZIP=false
> > 
> >                                       ^^^^^^^^^
> 
> This is because gziped a.out takes more VM, and we have none, and the
> entire kernel is gzipped anyway...
I realised that...
but it doesn't fit between 1 and 3MB when decompressed :)
> 
> --
> Poul-Henning Kamp           | phk@FreeBSD.ORG       FreeBSD Core-team.
> http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk    Private mailbox.
> whois: [PHK]                | phk@ref.tfs.com       TRW Financial Systems, Inc.
> Just that: dried leaves in boiling water ?
>