Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 20:13:43 -0400 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Donatas <donatas@lrtc.net> Subject: Re: kernel.gz.aa & kernel.gz.ab Message-ID: <200509052013.43723.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <200509051958.15927.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <051d01c5afba$cdc9a7d0$9f90a8c0@donatas> <20050905085640.GA92085@apotheosis.org.za> <200509051958.15927.lists@jnielsen.net>
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On Monday 05 September 2005 07:58 pm, John Nielsen wrote: > On Monday 05 September 2005 04:56 am, Matthew West wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 08:47:30AM -0400, John Nielsen wrote: > > > On Friday 02 September 2005 08:35, Donatas wrote: > > > > wonder how could I decompress $subj files....they doesn't seems to > > > > be in tar or gzip formats. > > > > > > > > files are taken from kern1.flp nad kern2.flp on > > > > 5.4-RELEASE/floppies > > > > > > cat kernel.gz.aa kernel.gz.ab > kernel.gz > > > gunzip kernel.gz > > > > You're still missing the first part of the file. > > > > You also need to grab kernel.gz.boot from the boot.flp image. > > > > Then you can do a: > > > > cat kernel.gz.boot kernel.gz.aa kernel.gz.ab > kernel.gz > > That makes sense. Do you know offhand what the other file on the boot > floppy is for (kernel.gz.split, I believe)? .. or I could just follow your advice: > Take a look at src/release/scripts/split-file.sh to see how these files > are generated. Sorry for the noise. (kenel.gz.split is the split index file) JN
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