Hi Chris,
Just run PKUNZIP or any UNZIP engine against the image. It'll discard the
preamble but should generate the original IOS image as a result.
Paul
Chris McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> Does anyone know if it's possible to decompress an
> mz IOS image? How is it accomplished? IIRC, it's
> GNUzipped with an executable tag at the lead in of the
> file.
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Chris M.
>
> --- Paul Lalonde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi Sam,
> >
> > Images for the 800, 1000, 1600, 2600, 3600 ... are
> > already compressed to run
> > from DRAM. You can't use the MZMAKER utility on
> > these images.
> >
> > MZMAKER was written specifically for the many 3000-
> > and 2500-series systems
> > in use by our groupstudy peers. The 3000- and
> > 2500-series routers don't have
> > "compressed from the factory" images like these
> > newer routers do.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Paul
> > [PCL]
> >
> >
> >
> > "Sam" wrote in message ...
> > >Hello friends
> > >Could anyone who has used the MZMaker utility to
> > compress IOS images =
> > >tell me if I can use it to compress images for a
> > 1600 router.
> > >I have done it on a 2500 and it works great.
> > >My 1600 has 4MB Ram and 6MB Flash and am not able
> > to load large images. =
> > >This is for a home lab so I am not too concerned
> > about slow booting or =
> > >response.
> > >
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >
> > >Sam
> > >
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