On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:36:43 +0800 (PHT), Manny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The source file is a binary and it doesn't get mjuch smaller using gzip or
> bzip2. That's why I have to find a way to span it across 2 CDs. I've read
> the man pages of gzip and bzip2 but I can't seem to find anything that
> helps.
> 
well the RAR format supports multiple volumes.  A linux version is
available at http://www.rarlab.com.
There is also rzip (it came with the slackware ap series).  The
description says that it is designed for compressing very large files.
 I have not yet tried it though
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