Re: Compressability if ISO images (was Re: ISO image)

2003-01-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 18:59, Thorsten Haude wrote: > Hi, > > * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-15 01:32]: > >Why don't these images compress well? Specifically, I took the > >Knoppix V3.1-2002-12-12-EN iso and gzipped it, but only got 1% > >compression. > > I guess the Knoppix guys alre

Re: Compressability if ISO images (was Re: ISO image)

2003-01-14 Thread Barney Wrightson
Ron Johnson wrote: On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 21:13, Paul Johnson wrote: On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 07:41:50PM -0500, alex wrote: A real beginners question. What is an ISO image? An ISO image is a file containing an ISO-9660 filesystem. It is, essentially, a bit-for-bit copy of a CD ROM. You c

Re: Compressability if ISO images (was Re: ISO image)

2003-01-14 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-15 01:32]: >Why don't these images compress well? Specifically, I took the >Knoppix V3.1-2002-12-12-EN iso and gzipped it, but only got 1% >compression. I guess the Knoppix guys already try very hard to compress what's on the CD. I hear they have 1.

Compressability if ISO images (was Re: ISO image)

2003-01-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 21:13, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 07:41:50PM -0500, alex wrote: > > A real beginners question. What is an ISO image? > > An ISO image is a file containing an ISO-9660 filesystem. It is, > essentially, a bit-for-bit copy of a CD ROM. You can use this