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Date:      Tue, 7 May 1996 16:36:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Sujal Patel <smpatel@umiacs.umd.edu>
To:        khail@lovett-2030.lovett.rice.edu
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mailto:questions@freebsd.org
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.92.960507163434.200H-100000@xi.dorm.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199605071536.KAA00481@lovett-2030.lovett.rice.edu>

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On Tue, 7 May 1996 khail@lovett-2030.lovett.rice.edu wrote:

> lovett-2030# /stand/sysinstall
> /stand/sysinstall: Exec format error. Wrong Architecture.
> I havn't gotten any FreeBSD source or programs from anywhere but
> 2.1.0-RELEASE and i'm not sure how to correct this. thanx for any comments

You should add the following line to your kernel configuration:

pseudo-device   gzip            #Exec gzipped a.out's


The sysinstall program is compressed, and you need to add kernel support
for gzip-ed executables.


Sujal




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