Other Archive Creation Methods

You can use alternate methods for creating the archive. The installer can accept the following archive formats:

• cpio archives

• gzip compressed cpio archives

• bzip2 compressed cpio archives

• pax archives created with the -x xustar (XUSTAR) format

• ufsdump level zero (full) backups

Additionally, the installer can accept a directory of files created by using an archiving utility that saves and restores file permissions, ownership, and links. Thus, an example of a utility that cannot be used is tar, because tar does not handle links.

For more information, see the cpio(1), pax(1), bzip2(1), gzip(1), and ufsdump(1M) man pages.