From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 20 00:18:56 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58708106564A for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:18:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vogelke@hcst.net) Received: from beta.hcst.com (beta.hcst.com [192.52.183.241]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FA368FC13 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:18:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from beta.hcst.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by beta.hcst.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id pAK06lAF019657 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:06:47 -0500 Received: (from vogelke@localhost) by beta.hcst.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id pAK06lWD019656; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:06:47 -0500 Received: by kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil (Postfix, from userid 32768) id AEBD0BF4C; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:06:17 -0500 (EST) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <788196A576272A9B463EE70B@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> (message from Daniel Staal on Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:06:43 -0400) Organization: Array Infotech X-Disclaimer: I don't speak for the USAF or Array Infotech. X-GPG-ID: 1024D/711752A0 2006-06-27 Karl Vogel X-GPG-Fingerprint: 56EB 6DBF 4224 C953 F417 CC99 4C7C 7D46 7117 52A0 References: <20111118230001.GJ8967@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> <4EC6FE1A.2040207@gmail.com> <4EC76580.7060204@infracaninophile.co.uk> <788196A576272A9B463EE70B@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> Message-Id: <20111120000617.AEBD0BF4C@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:06:17 -0500 (EST) From: vogelke+unix@pobox.com (Karl Vogel) Subject: Re: where to ask about problems with bsdinstall in 9.0RC2? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: vogelke+unix@pobox.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:18:56 -0000 >> On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:06:43 -0400, >> Daniel Staal said: D> xz has only marginal improvements in compressed size over bzip2, and D> takes a lot more cpu/memory resources to compress. In most cases, I'd D> say it's the wrong choice for a compression format. However, the one D> place where it is unequivocally the *best* choice is one that will make D> it well known: Distributing archives. Along these same lines, it works well for large mostly-text files. I have a lot of historical data in text form, 60-100 Mb uncompressed per file, and I get ~18% smaller files using xz instead of bzip2. I know disk space is cheap, but our rack space is limited. -- Karl Vogel I don't speak for the USAF or my company > Sorry I'm taking up your ever so valuable disk space! That's okay, /dev/null is pretty big. --illoai@gmail.com, 14 Feb 2011