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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

BL3 is designed to be used by beginners who are using DOS or Windows and 
have pkunzip or a Windows zip program but no way to unzip .bz files.

On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jari.aalto AT cante.net
>
> > About the size: bzip2 would compress better so more things could be
> > included in those 2 floppies. eepro100/e100 is quite common.
> >
> > There is also http://rzip.samba.org which compresses even better.
> >
> > What would it require to change to different compression method?
>
> You're unlikely to gain much space by switching compression methods.
> BL3 is already very small, and the typical advantage other methods
> have over gzip is minimal to none. If you really are worried about
> size, it is probably easier with another (GNU/)Linux distribution.
>
> Good luck.
>
> David
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