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Date:      Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:28:40 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: compressing elf-kernels
Message-ID:  <20000615092840.K18462@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000615141946.B7634@cichlids.cichlids.com>; from alex@big.endian.de on Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 02:19:46PM %2B0200
References:  <20000615141946.B7634@cichlids.cichlids.com>

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* Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> [000615 05:20] wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Anyone can tell me if it is possible to compress an ELF-Kernel (for
> floppies, that is).

The loader will understand a kernel.gz and uncompress it, just try to
mount the kern.flp using vn and you'll see a kernel.gz.

-Alfred


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