Compressability if ISO images (was Re: ISO image)
On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 21:13, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 07:41:50PM -0500, alex wrote:
> > A real beginners question. What is an ISO image?
>
> An ISO image is a file containing an ISO-9660 filesystem. It is,
> essentially, a bit-for-bit copy of a CD ROM. You can use this kind of
Hi,
Why don't these images compress well? Specifically, I took the
Knoppix V3.1-2002-12-12-EN iso and gzipped it, but only got 1%
compression.
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