Moin Christian! Christian Leber schrieb am Sunday, den 03. March 2002: > core:~# zcat devices.tar.gz |gzip -9|wc -c > 40158 > core:~# zcat devices.tar.gz |gzip -9|gzip -9|wc -c > 24104
Weird, weird. > so it seems to me that tar don't use the -9 option > > the root-image is compresses with -9, so this could save space Yes, it is already compressed twice. Nothing or not much to get here. > line 358: > "tar zcf $devtarball dev" -> "tar c dev|gzip -9>$devtarball" Err, no $devtarball is used for build only. The tarball on the rootfs comes from debootstrap. > BTW: is it possible to build boot-floppies without root? You could take a prepared root.bin, if you mean this. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- Fernsehen ist das einzige Schlafmittel, das mit den Augen eingenommen wird. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
