On Wed, 08 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> Not sure if this comes under the "Stupid Questions" heading or not, but is
> there any reason why the .iso images on the various ftp mirrors can't be
> compressed to make for a (slightly) quicker download?
>
Ok. Say you compress it to 500 megs (just a figure I picked
out of the air.) Then you have to DECOMPRESS it. That
brings the total up to 1.6 GIGS of drive space you need.
Even in these days of $150.00 20.4 GB drives, that's STILL
a huge waste of space....
John
