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Date:      Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:40:31 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca>
Cc:        Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: boot sector f*ed
Message-ID:  <20090814004031.4dcde778.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <4A84921F.8000103@videotron.ca>
References:  <20090811173211.6FE4D106567B@hub.freebsd.org> <20090812193008.F19821@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <4A82A8D9.30406@videotron.ca> <20090812172704.GA27066@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4A831DF7.9090506@videotron.ca> <20090812232810.GA37833@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4A841AC2.1050809@videotron.ca> <20090813185726.GA66607@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4A847069.5050802@videotron.ca> <20090813214511.GA72324@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4A84921F.8000103@videotron.ca>

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On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:22:23 -0400, PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> wrote:
> How about 7zip instead of gzip? does better compression, from what I
> learned.... ???

Possible, but gzip is part of the OS, while 7zip needs to be
installed manually. On a live system CD (FreeBSD, FreeSBIE)
is is usually not present. Always keep in mind that maintenance
is often done in a minimalist environment.




-- 
Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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