Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 01:59:47 -0600 From: Sean Kelly <smkelly@zombie.org> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: compress bootdisk Message-ID: <20010221015947.A97849@edgemaster.zombie.org> In-Reply-To: <20010216211231.C6524@mollari.cthul.hu>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 09:12:31PM -0800 References: <5.0.2.1.2.20010217052059.024b2d00@step.polymtl.ca> <20010216211231.C6524@mollari.cthul.hu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 09:12:31PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 05:23:30AM +0100, Frederic Nguyen wrote: > > Does anybody know if there is any possibility to create a bootdisk with a > > compress kernel image? (just like Linux with bzlmage) > > I need asr raid drivers and kernel size gets huge because of it! > > Yes; this is what's done with the install floppies. Just gzip the > kernel and it should work. What is the difference between /usr/bin/kzip and /usr/sbin/kgzip and just using gzip? If just using gzip works, why do these other tools exist? -- Sean Kelly | PGP KeyID: 77042C7B smkelly@zombie.org | http://www.zombie.org For PGP key, send e-mail with subject "send pgp key" [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD4DBQE6k3Vz2aukpHcELHsRAqXoAJ0XXqZedp0GbKnPAEqur742tnPc0gCXXHrg lORXqh4A0H6xINT91yB9XA== =RXiF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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