Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 23:28:15 +0200 From: Jan Knoppers <knoppers@astent.nl> To: 'John Baldwin' <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Handbook 5.3 modifications: prepare floppies & advanced Message-ID: <002501c4b7b4$e10a9560$9600000a@Desktop> In-Reply-To: <200410211209.52598.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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>> You have to cat them all together and then gunzip: >> >> cat kernel.gz.aa kernel.gz.ab ... | gunzip > kernel That didn't work. You have to start with the file kernel.gz.boot I found in the mean time. I.e.: # cat kernel.gz.boot kernel.gz.aa kernel.gz.ab ... | gunzip > kernel Still you may consider adding this to the handbook. Jan Knoppers >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >> Van: John Baldwin [mailto:jhb@FreeBSD.org] >> Verzonden: donderdag 21 oktober 2004 18:10 >> Aan: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org >> CC: Jan Knoppers >> Onderwerp: Re: Handbook 5.3 modifications: prepare floppies & advanced >> >> On Thursday 21 October 2004 05:55 am, Jan Knoppers wrote: >> > On Friday 08 October 2004 02:54 am, spam maps wrote: >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > Some more differences between for 4.X and from >> > > 5.3, needs to be clarified in the handbook. >> > > Below are two such cases. The "-" lines need to >> > > be removed, the "+" newly added instead. >> > > >> > > ------------------------------------------------ >> > > >> > > 2.2.7 Prepare the Boot Media >> > > >> > > -In most cases you will just need two files, >> > > -kern.flp and mfsroot.flp. >> > > >> > > +In case of 4.X, you will just need two files, >> > > +kern.flp and mfsroot.flp; since 5.3, you will >> > > +need three files, boot.flp, kern1.flp and >> > > +kern2.flp. >> > >> > Would it be possible you also describe how to restore the kernX.flp >> files? >> > Apparently they produce a couple of kernel.gz.XX files (kernel.gz.aa, >> > kernel.gz.ab, etc.) Somehow I can't get these restored to a normal >> kernel. >> > Gunzip does not recognize them as valid files. >> >> You have to cat them all together and then gunzip: >> >> cat kernel.gz.aa kernel.gz.ab ... | gunzip > kernel >> >> -- >> John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ >> "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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