From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 19 01:02:13 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA06781 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 01:02:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles139.castles.com [208.214.165.139]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA06774 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 01:02:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA02702; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:58:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901190858.AAA02702@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Andrzej Bialecki cc: Peter Wemm , Matthew Dillon , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone know how to put a gzip'd kernel on the floppy? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:43:31 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:58:22 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > > 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