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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?

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