* [9fans] 9gz how to uncompress
@ 2004-02-19 10:27 Prem Mallappa
2004-02-19 10:45 ` matt
2004-02-19 11:52 ` andrey mirtchovski
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From: Prem Mallappa @ 2004-02-19 10:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
hi i am running a linux box and plan9 on vmware
i just downloaded the old distro of plan9 from planetmirror
the file is plan9.9gz
on linux % file plan9.9gz
gives me
plan9.9gz: gzip compressed data, from Unix
how to uncompress it in linux plz help
thx in advance
prem
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* Re: [9fans] 9gz how to uncompress
2004-02-19 10:27 [9fans] 9gz how to uncompress Prem Mallappa
@ 2004-02-19 10:45 ` matt
2004-02-20 9:49 ` Prem Mallappa
2004-02-19 11:52 ` andrey mirtchovski
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From: matt @ 2004-02-19 10:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
>on linux % file plan9.9gz
> plan9.9gz: gzip compressed data, from Unix
> how to uncompress it in linux plz help
did gunzip not work ?
m
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* Re: [9fans] 9gz how to uncompress
2004-02-19 10:27 [9fans] 9gz how to uncompress Prem Mallappa
2004-02-19 10:45 ` matt
@ 2004-02-19 11:52 ` andrey mirtchovski
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From: andrey mirtchovski @ 2004-02-19 11:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
> the file is plan9.9gz
that's Plan 9 third edition, we've moved on to fourth and above.
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist
if you _really_ want to uncompress this there's code posted on the
web, check the archives.
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* Re: [9fans] 9gz how to uncompress
2004-02-19 10:45 ` matt
@ 2004-02-20 9:49 ` Prem Mallappa
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From: Prem Mallappa @ 2004-02-20 9:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
gunzip worked but to a single file
it yeilds plan9 ~= 125MB
any way i found out the way
there is a code somewhere on web called 9 explode
oR
9e which can be used to untar ( or whatever) to root file system
thx
regards
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:44:37 +0000, matt wrote:
>>on linux % file plan9.9gz
>> plan9.9gz: gzip compressed data, from Unix
>
>> how to uncompress it in linux plz help
>
>
> did gunzip not work ?
>
> m
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