Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 10:19:29 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Carlo Dapor <carlo@vis.ethz.ch> Cc: Makoto MATSUSHITA <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fat kernel, needs dieting (again :-) Message-ID: <20010802101929.C1231@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010802144242.79471275BA@naboo.ethz.ch>; from carlo@vis.ethz.ch on Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 04:42:42PM %2B0200 References: <20010802094921N.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> <20010802144242.79471275BA@naboo.ethz.ch>
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--TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 04:42:42PM +0200, Carlo Dapor wrote: > > The other day a guy (sorry I forgot who) says that > >=20 > > 1) /boot/boot1 and /boot/boot2 can be safely removed, since these are > > not used. It brings us about 8kbytes. > > 2) /boot/loader can be kgzip(1)ed. It brings us about (approx.) 60kbyte= s. > >=20 > > Hack 1) is already committed into 5-current so it's safe to do. Hack > > 2) is not yet commited to any branches, but I've tested with recent > > 4-stable and 5-current and it works fine. >=20 > And top(1) just works fine ? When I gzip(1)ed kernels in the past, every= thing > worked just fine, except for top(1) and IIRC ps, which could not access s= ome > structure - sorry for being very vague here, it has been some time. That probably was because you weren't loading them through the loader. See the FAQ. Kris --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7aYugWry0BWjoQKURAjFoAJwOTvqYuHb69G10UPA1mntf+CrxcACfYKZi 0Jl4SaL7b6WxEesLETWOTLc= =ae4Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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