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From: Sujal Patel <smpatel@umiacs.umd.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