On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 11:32:38PM -0600, dave wrote:
> I'd like to try and back up my ./home directory, but the only back-up
> device I own is a zip-drive. What archiving format delivers the
> greatest compression? How small can I compress, say a 1GB directory?
Compression: bzip2 is decent and
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, dave wrote:
> I just got a new set of Mandrake 9.1 disks from CheapBytes, and I am
> about to upgrade my Mandrake 9.0 system. I'd like to try and back up my
> ./home directory, but the only back-up device I own is a zip-drive.
> What archiving format delivers the greate
On Dec 10, 2003, at 11:32 PM, dave wrote:
I just got a new set of Mandrake 9.1 disks from CheapBytes, and I am
about to upgrade my Mandrake 9.0 system. I'd like to try and back up
my
./home directory, but the only back-up device I own is a zip-drive.
What archiving format delivers the greatest
I just got a new set of Mandrake 9.1 disks from CheapBytes, and I am
about to upgrade my Mandrake 9.0 system. I'd like to try and back up my
./home directory, but the only back-up device I own is a zip-drive.
What archiving format delivers the greatest compression? How small can
I compre
