From: crl (cisco@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Mar 02 2001 - 17:14:33 GMT-3
That's strange. Cisco documentation explains how to compress IOS:
You can copy normal or compressed images to Flash memory. You can produce a
compressed system image on any UNIX platform using the compress command.
Refer to your UNIX platform's documentation for the exact usage of the
compress command.
The above quote comes from: (watch the wrap)
http://127.0.0.1:8080/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios120/12cgcr/fun_c/fcprt2/
fcimages.htm#xtocid200717
MZMAKER is nothing more than a DOS port of the Unix compress command...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nigel Taylor" <nigel_taylor@hotmail.com>
To: "Steven Weber" <itweber@earthlink.net>; "CCIE Lab groupstudy.com"
<ccielab@groupstudy.com>; "David C Prall" <dcp@dcptech.com>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 4:41 AM
Subject: HOT: Compressing IOS image info....
> All,
> Just as a note, sometime ago I posted a thread that cisco did
frown
> one this type of modification to their software product. I also noted
that
> although the program(mzmaker) in question is in wide use, Cisco believes
> they must stay committed to limiting the extent as to how widely used this
> program ultimately becomes. I was also warned at the time of cisco's
> intentions to prosecute anyone whom they deemed altered their product.
> Please refer to the SLA that you agree to when downloading the IOS
software
> images, that pretty much explains it.
>
> Just thought I'd mention it...!
>
> Nigel..
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