Re: aboot unzip "unknown compression method" on recent (post 6.4) kernels?

[Michael Cree <mcree@orcon.net.nz>]

On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 04:58:37PM -0800, Alex Winbow wrote:
>     I'm not sure. From SRM, "boot -fl i" reports that aboot is
> 1.0~pre20040408.
> 
>     Meanwhile, aboot is 1.0~pre20200212-1, but interestingly does not
> contain /boot/bootlx.
> 
>     /boot/bootlx is in aboot-base, which is 1.0~pre20040408-4, which also
> appears to be the newest version in sid.

Oh, you are right.  I hadn't noticed that aboot-base was a much
older version.

So it is interesting that my XP1000 boots the newest kernels,
but yours doesn't.  There is a possibility I updated aboot from
upstream (mattst88 github repo) but I can't remember for sure.

Cheers,
Michael.