From: Michele Andreoli (m.andreoli@tin.it)
Date: Wed Nov 07 2001 - 08:02:28 CET
On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 06:57:15PM -0500, Alfie Costa nicely wrote:
> On 6 Nov 2001, at 11:29, Michele Andreoli <mulinux@sunsite.dk> wrote:
>
> > The loader extracts the 10k on the head, the "control part", and extract
> > vital informations from it, like mount points, content's description,
> > etc. The data-part is still tar+bzip2.
>
> Consider bzip2...
>
> 1) If muLinux is meant for small "obsolete" systems, bzip2 is trouble. It is
> the bubonic plague of the 4meg-ers.
The bubonic plague ... (stored).
But without bzip2 XWindow do not enter in a diskette, and other similar
plagues ...
>
> 2) If muLinux is not meant for small systems anymore, then bzip2 is good.
>
> Assuming 1), then why not switch to .tgz files? I'm also assuming that fitting
> addons on floppies is no longer a primary design goal. Then mu will run better
> on more systems.
>
This should be considered.
Michele
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