> >Are there any tools in portage that do this? I had a quick look, but I > >can't really find one. I mainly want this for use in a vmware gentoo > >install, to minimize the size of a compressed image. > > > I do not know about such tools, but know the trick how to do it: > just write a file full of zeros (as root) to the partition u like to > compress > like this: > > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/mounted_fs/dummy bs=4k > > It will stop with error "No space left on device" or something > similar ... > now delete the dummy file and fs is ready for compression. > > Warning: > Do it from another root fs (or from live CD), since u can get > in troubles if doing it on running root fs.
excellent that should do it thanks nessie -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
