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Date:      Fri, 21 May 1999 10:28:59 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Status of kzip 
Message-ID:  <38077.927275339@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 20 May 1999 16:49:31 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.990520164753.26546Y-100000@cygnus.rush.net> 

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On Thu, 20 May 1999 16:49:31 EST, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> just gzip the kernel and name it "kernel.gz" i'm pretty sure
> the loader is smart enough that when asked for "kernel" and
> "kernel" doesn't exist it will try for kernel.gz and uncompress
> it.
> 
> of course, not actually trying this, i can't say. :)

I tried this recently myself, although I didn't try very hard. It didn't
work for me, which is why I asked about kzip. I'll assume that kzip
still needs to be taught about ELF kernels.

Thanks,
Sheldon.


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