Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 14:25:09 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: julian@ref.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel size Message-ID: <199508312125.OAA12693@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199508312007.NAA00476@ref.tfs.com> from "Julian Elischer" at Aug 31, 95 01:07:47 pm
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> > > > > > > I guess we can still compress the binaries in the mfs filesystem > > > > which would leave them still compressed when the kernel is decompressed, > > > > > > Already done! The crunched binary is, in turn, compressed. > not in -current it isn't..... > > > Can some one go try a ``boot -a'' with a 2.1-stable (last snap) floppy > > and see if you can change from the kernel floppy to the root floppy > > using this? I don't have one handy just now :-(. All my boot code > > on floppies is still 2.0R :-( :-(. > yes you can Okay, that should have solved 1/2 your problem for you, you can now use upto 1.2MB for the kernel, and you have 1.2MB to stuff binaries in. That is quite a lot of space given that your kernel can have gzip execution support in it. Though the distribution of gzip executing kernels in binary form is not a safe thing to do by the FreeBSD project do to copyright/GPL concerns of tainting the kernel I have. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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