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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!news.byu.edu!yvax.byu.edu!nephi-hbll.byu.edu!bkh Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Kernel source compression Message-ID: <1993May25.203224.1991@yvax.byu.edu> From: bkh@nephi-hbll.byu.edu (Brian K. Holman) Date: 25 May 93 20:32:23 -0700 References: <1993May25.234625.21675@mcs.kent.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: nephi-hbll.byu.edu Lines: 17 I think you are refering to NetBSD 0.8. When you install the base system you use the 'extract' command but after you shutdown your system the extract program is no longer available. It is probably in some temporary directory that gets deleted at shutdown. Instead just 'cat' all the files together and then use 'gunzip' to extract them. For example: cat ksrc.* | gunzip -- +---------------------------+---------------------------------+ | BRIAN K. HOLMAN | "All you need in this life is | | Programmer/Analyst | ignorance and confidence, and | | Library Automations | then success is sure." | | Brigham Young University | | | 2330 HBLL | -Mark Twain | | Provo, Utah 84602 +---------------------------------+ | Phone: (801) 378-2361 | E-Mail Address: | | Fax: (801) 378-3221 | bkh@nephi-hbll.byu.edu | +---------------------------+---------------------------------+