Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 02:05:30 -0600 From: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@hecubus.bsdonline.org> To: Sean Kelly <smkelly@zombie.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: compress bootdisk Message-ID: <20010221020530.A41129@cec.wustl.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010221015947.A97849@edgemaster.zombie.org>; from smkelly@zombie.org on Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 01:59:47AM -0600 References: <5.0.2.1.2.20010217052059.024b2d00@step.polymtl.ca> <20010216211231.C6524@mollari.cthul.hu> <20010221015947.A97849@edgemaster.zombie.org>
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kzip and kgzip strip the kernel of its symbols, so that it is ultra-compact for rescue and install disks. The man page recommends simply using gzip to compress kernels when there is ample space available to keep the kernel around. On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 01:59:47AM -0600, Sean Kelly wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 09:12:31PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 05:23:30AM +0100, Frederic Nguyen wrote: > > > Does anybody know if there is any possibility to create a bootdisk with a > > > compress kernel image? (just like Linux with bzlmage) > > > I need asr raid drivers and kernel size gets huge because of it! > > > > Yes; this is what's done with the install floppies. Just gzip the > > kernel and it should work. > > What is the difference between /usr/bin/kzip and /usr/sbin/kgzip > and just using gzip? If just using gzip works, why do these other > tools exist? > > -- > Sean Kelly | PGP KeyID: 77042C7B > smkelly@zombie.org | http://www.zombie.org > > For PGP key, send e-mail with subject "send pgp key" -- Andrew Hesford - ajh3@chmod.ath.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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