bug#173: [kernel] bug#173: boot a gzip kernel

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reassign 173 palo
thanks

this isn't something the kernel can do; palo needs to do it

On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 08:34:15PM +0000, kernel-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org wrote:
> Package: kernel
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Even thought we do not have yet floppy disk support, it would  be 
> interesting to be able to boot a gzip kernel (I test an early version of 
> the Bruno's port of lkcd and the resulting kernel size was of about 
> 60Mb, compressed it has a usual size of 5Mb)

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