Handbook 5.3 modifications: prepare floppies & advanced

[Jan Knoppers]

>> You have to cat them all together and then gunzip:
>> 
>> cat kernel.gz.aa kernel.gz.ab ... | gunzip > kernel

That didn't work. You have to start with the file kernel.gz.boot I found in
the mean time. I.e.:

# cat kernel.gz.boot kernel.gz.aa kernel.gz.ab ... | gunzip > kernel


Still you may consider adding this to the handbook.

Jan Knoppers


>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: John Baldwin [mailto:jhb at FreeBSD.org]
>> Verzonden: donderdag 21 oktober 2004 18:10
>> Aan: freebsd-doc at FreeBSD.org
>> CC: Jan Knoppers
>> Onderwerp: Re: Handbook 5.3 modifications: prepare floppies & advanced
>> 
>> On Thursday 21 October 2004 05:55 am, Jan Knoppers wrote:
>> > On Friday 08 October 2004 02:54 am, spam maps wrote:
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > Some more differences between for 4.X and from
>> > > 5.3, needs to be clarified in the handbook.
>> > > Below are two such cases. The "-" lines need to
>> > > be removed, the "+" newly added instead.
>> > >
>> > > ------------------------------------------------
>> > >
>> > > 2.2.7 Prepare the Boot Media
>> > >
>> > > -In most cases you will just need two files,
>> > > -kern.flp and mfsroot.flp.
>> > >
>> > > +In case of 4.X, you will just need two files,
>> > > +kern.flp and mfsroot.flp; since 5.3, you will
>> > > +need three files, boot.flp, kern1.flp and
>> > > +kern2.flp.
>> >
>> > Would it be possible you also describe how to restore the kernX.flp
>> files?
>> > Apparently they produce a couple of kernel.gz.XX files (kernel.gz.aa,
>> > kernel.gz.ab, etc.) Somehow I can't get these restored to a normal
>> kernel.
>> > Gunzip does not recognize them as valid files.
>> 
>> You have to cat them all together and then gunzip:
>> 
>> cat kernel.gz.aa kernel.gz.ab ... | gunzip > kernel
>> 
>> --
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