From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 23 17:18:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA26408 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 17:18:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spoon.beta.com (root@[199.165.180.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA26403 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 17:18:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spoon.beta.com (mcgovern@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spoon.beta.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id UAA28333 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 20:18:08 -0400 Message-Id: <199607240018.UAA28333@spoon.beta.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Compressed kernels Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 20:18:07 -0400 From: "Brian J. McGovern" Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Is there any way to get a boot floppy to use a compressed kernel? I've looked at gzexe, and it doesn't seem to be able to do it, unless I (possibly) load gzip, etc. Any suggestions? (I'm trying to get the smallest kernel image possible, so I can have a boot disk that supports the floppies, a 3C5X9, and a home grown application. I'll probably have to fit ifconfig, route, and maybe a few other small commands. Any help is welcome. -Brian