Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 10:04:07 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> Cc: Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk, stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 4.5-release, kern.flp, kernel.gz, loader issue? Message-ID: <20020503170407.33E7E5D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 03 May 2002 23:04:42 %2B0900." <20020503230442O.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>
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> From: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> > Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 23:04:42 +0900 > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > > Jan.Grant> Quick question: can someone confirm that the loader on the > Jan.Grant> kern.flp image that comes with 4.5-release can handle a > Jan.Grant> compressed kernel image? > > Yes. Mount kern.flp (it's a simple UFS filesystem) and see what's in it. > > Jan.Grant> I suspect this is my fault (I've already worked around it) - > Jan.Grant> but just checking. > > How do you gzip your kernel? You can use gzip(1) to gzip kernel, and > you can't use kgzip(8) for that. But you can use bzip2(1) with recent releases. I don't remember exactly when bzip2(1) support was added, but certainly within the past year. It will produce a SLIGHTLY smaller file than gzip(1). R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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