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Name: Balram Adlakha
Date: October 10, 2002 at 12:49:24 Pacific
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Will bzipped iso images be any smaller? If yes then why are they not available?



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Name: Frank Mimbs
Date: October 10, 2002 at 16:09:37 Pacific
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I just gzipped a 700MB iso image to find out.
The compressed size was 693MB.

I guess that's why.


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Name: Lawrence
Date: October 10, 2002 at 19:25:27 Pacific
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WOW!!! A saving of 7 MB... What are you going
to do with all that empty space?

Lawrence


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