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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: Booting a modular kernel through a multiple streams file
Date: 22 Dec 2001 17:39:26 -0800
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Followup to:  <E16Hwks-0001wV-00@schizo.psychosis.com>
By author:    Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com>
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> 
> Deja Vu: *shrug*  Your "all they have to do" is quite heavy.
> (boot loader must implement full cpio/tar[/gzip}
> 

cpio is trivial.  tar is a bit more painful, but not too bad.  gzip is
unacceptable, but should not be required.

	-hpa
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