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From: brent@network.ucsd.edu (Brent Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Kernel source compression
Date: 26 May 1993 07:59:11 -0700
Organization: Antarctic Support Associates
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References: <1993May25.234625.21675@mcs.kent.edu> <1993May25.203224.1991@yvax.byu.edu>
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In article <1993May25.203224.1991@yvax.byu.edu> bkh@nephi-hbll.byu.edu (Brian K. Holman) writes:
>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.

The definintions for all the installation commands are in the .profile
on one of the installation diskettes.  This is why you don't get these
commands any more when booting off the hard drive.  I don't remember
which disk it was on, but it wouldn't take long to find if you wanted
to have a look.

Brent