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From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To: Rohit Panda <prohit99@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: can i have a compressed kernel kernel which uncompresses during bootup
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On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 03:02:19AM -0800, Rohit Panda wrote:
> iam using FreeBSD 4.4.so what do i need to do for
> making a compressed and how do i tell the loader to
> uncompress it.will it do it automatically.
> 
> please give a detailed help.

cd /
chflags nouchg kernel
chflags noschg kernel
gzip kernel
reboot now

Nothing I couldn't not find by googling for "freebsd kernel gzip".

Edwin

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