Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:58:22 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, 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: <199901190858.AAA02702@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:43:31 %2B0100." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9901190842230.25813-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
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> > > > 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. I had enabled this, but it breaks the aout-elf upgrade because the bootblocks are built before the new kzip is, and the old one calls 'ld' incorrectly. I don't know that it should qualify as a build-tool? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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