Makoto Matsushita wrote:
> tlambert2> That's 3.4 hours saved on a 28.8K modem download time,
> tlambert2> overall... a 14% reduction in size.
>
> The percentage doesn't matter. If ISO image is compressed, user who
> downloads the image may de-compress that image to burn (I don't know
> any about the burner softwares which support compressed ISO image).
> What's happen if there is no space to make de-compressed image on a HDD?
fetch -o - URL | gunzip > unzipped_image
or
ftp> get filename |"gunzip > unzipped_image"
> Also, the image size is still over 200MB; it is too large to fetch via
> 28.8k link IMHO (saving 3.4hours doesn't help either). There are lots
> of broadband connection services we can temporary buy (at airport,
> starbucks, etc), so why not use it for large file downloads :-)
I'm not really worried about the people who have access to such
links, or who "wouldn't do it anyway"; they aren't the target
market
-- Terry
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