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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: compressing elf-kernels
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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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