On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Glenn McGrath wrote: > On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:08:45 -0600 (CST) > Drew Scott Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Would squashfs work? I doubt this is an optimal compression, but it > > might be better than alternatives. Currently the best free solution > > might be based on PPMd which has been packaged into Debian. > > > > Im not confident about squashfs, i think the best solution is > initrd.romfs.gz for normal installs, but squashfs or cramfs might be > good for lowmem installs, i havent looked into squashfs yet, not sure > when i will get time. > > I have looked at PPMd, ive read thats good but it took me a while to > workout how to use it to get maximum ocmpression, here is a comparison. > > 8921088 Packages > 2375680 Packages.gz > 1814528 Packages.bz2 > 1335296 Packages.pmd > > That was done with "PPMd e -o16 -m256 -r2 Packages", it surprised me > that the -m option (amount of memory to use) effects the compression > ratio. > > Thats a pretty improvement over bz2.
Wouldn't it be more meaningful to compress an initrd file? -- Cheers John Summerfield -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
