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From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: Re: some picobsd things
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> >For #1, it appears that we can save gzipped versions of these files
> >on the floppy, and the loader is happy to read them without any problem
> >so i would suggest for post-3.4R the above change to the "stage1" script.
> >This saves some 15-20KB i think
> 
> Why not have them processed into a tokenized form?  That should save 
> space...

because i dont want to reinvent the wheel with a specific compression
algorithm (tokenized form) when it would only give me 5% savings
over a generic gzip thing that is already supported. I want something
quick and easy not something perfect.

	cheers
	luigi


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