Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:43:31 +0100 (CET) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone know how to put a gzip'd kernel on the floppy? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9901190842230.25813-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> In-Reply-To: <199901190144.JAA13063@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Peter Wemm wrote: > Matthew Dillon wrote: > > I can get the new multi-stage ELF loader thingy working with uncompressed > > kernels, but I can't get it to work with gzip'd kernels. I've tried > > stripping the symbols prior to gzip'ing ... no luck, the loader doesn't > > recognize the gzip'd kernel. > > > > Has anyone figured out how to do this? I need to fit a workstation > > kernel ( i.e. that is inclusive of sound drivers) onto a floppy and > > not having much luck. It would fit fine if I could compress it. > > Just: gzip kernel; cp kernel.gz /floppy > > The key is that the file is called kernel.gz on the floppy, and you ask it > to load "kernel" and not "kernel.gz". If you're really tight on space, you may also consider using kzip on /boot/loader - you get ca. 50kB more then. Andrzej Bialecki -------------------- ++-------++ ------------------------------------- <abial@nask.pl> ||PicoBSD|| FreeBSD in your pocket? Go and see: Research & Academic |+-------+| "Small & Embedded FreeBSD" Network in Poland | |TT~~~| | http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ -------------------- ~-+==---+-+ ------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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