22 Apr
2003
22 Apr
'03
10:53 a.m.
From: Barry Samuels [mailto:barry@beenthere-donethat.org.uk]
If I delete a file when the file system is mounted then unmount and re-gzip I end up with something that is larger than the origianl which doesn't seem to make sense to me.
I want to replace one of the modules (98k) within the file system with one of my own (68k) but always end up with a compressed file system that is larger than the original and won't fit on the disc.
Could someone please explain, to a 'bear of little brain', what I must be doing wrong?
Sounds like the "smaller" module is making the archive less compressable. Try gzip -9 for the best compression (and slowest) and see if that helps it fit.
Adam