unzip is much faster than mc on big files. mc is just convenient for small stuff. unzip file or see the man page
On 6/21/19, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday 21 June 2019 10:29:20 Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Which makes it easier to build/install an rt kernel, BUT >> >> now I need to define for an rpi 3b, LOADADDR, as applied to building a >> uImage. >> >> Where can I find this info for an r-pi-3b? > > Seems I found that, but without any further real progress, it needs a > copy of mkimage which is part of raspberrypi-tools according to google, > get it from github, its not in the repos by any recognizable name. > Found the zip, 300+ megabytes, and now mc has cracked the zip and it is > copying 907 megabytes worth of stuff to the 120GB ssd on the pi as build > scratchpad over my local network, with an estimated completion time of > about 13.5 HOURS, but thats growing by nominally 30 secs everytime mc > updates its progress. Then I expect I have to process it with > dpkg-buildpackage, probably at least another DAY to generate and install > the deb. > > All because I need whats likely less than a megabyte of executable code > thats in there somewhere. Seems to me that binary ought to be included > in build-essential... Sigh..... > > Several hours Later, 40% copied, 4 hrs 31 minutes to go. Dinner is in the > oven and my last load of laundry is in the washer. > >> Thanks anybody. >> >> Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > -- ------------- No, I won't call it "climate change", do you have a "reality problem"? - AB1JX Cities are cages built to contain excess people and keep them from cluttering up nature. Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach
