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Date:      Thu, 7 Feb 2013 23:00:10 +0200
From:      Alexander Yerenkow <yerenkow@gmail.com>
To:        nmz <khwerz@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Compression of freebsd iso images
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2013/2/7 nmz <khwerz@gmail.com>

> this saves bandwidth which is of course precious in third world countries
> and so on (not to mention places with caps)
>
> An Example:
>  FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso
>   ISO   -- 150M
>   7z    -- 40M
>   gzip  -- 56M
>

please try also xz and xz -9e


>
> maybe this could be an extra option? if it is a hassle.
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Regards,
Alexander Yerenkow



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