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?
> 
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They are images of compressed files anyway.  rpms are very much compressed and
additional compression on them in my experience has led to corruption.

Civileme

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