Running on uncompressed fs?

[hoshy]

Hi,

is it possible to remaster knoppix without compression of the filesystem?

and of course - how ;-)

Thanks HosHy
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[Dave_Bechtel]

1. Why?

2. Not unless you're remastering to DVD, because first you'll have to remove a LOT of software - otherwise it won't fit on 1 CDR. There's a *reason* for that compression.

Hi,

is it possible to remaster knoppix without compression of the filesystem?

and of course - how

Thanks HosHy
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[hoshy]

1. Why?

why not? if my iso image is not larger then 700 MB it fits on one CD.

2. Not unless you're remastering to DVD, because first you'll have to remove a LOT of software - otherwise it won't fit on 1 CDR. There's a *reason* for that compression.

no need for all the crap on the default KNOPPIX distri. I already removed the packages I dont need - and now my uncompressed KNOPPIX is not larger than 700 MB.

[garyng]

1. Why?

why not? if my iso image is not larger then 700 MB it fits on one CD.

2. Not unless you're remastering to DVD, because first you'll have to remove a LOT of software - otherwise it won't fit on 1 CDR. There's a *reason* for that compression.

no need for all the crap on the default KNOPPIX distri. I already removed the packages I dont need - and now my uncompressed KNOPPIX is not larger than 700 MB.

Why you don't want non-compressed fs on CD, even your size doesn't exceed it, speed! It is much slower.

But it is doable. you can either just use ISO9660 as the fs or you wrap it under ext2.

[hoshy]

Why you don't want non-compressed fs on CD, even your size doesn't exceed it, speed! It is much slower.

Do I get it right? a compressed fs is faster than an uncompressed? I cant believe this.

[Dave_Bechtel]

--Yep, that's right - as long as the processor is decent enough to handle the decompression. (Pentium ~500MHz+? I've run knoppix from CD on a P233MMX and it's Ok but not the best obviously.) It's because the CD drive has less data to move in the same amount of time.

--For your usage, you might want to see if the cloop settings can be changed; right now Knoppix is set to gzip -9 everything when Klaus masters an iso, resulting in the highest compression/processor demands. If you use gzip -6 with your cloop it should speed things up a bit more because you don't have the space requirements for a full release. You could probably even get away with gzip -1, and boast to your friends that your remaster is faster.

Why you don't want non-compressed fs on CD, even your size doesn't exceed it, speed! It is much slower.

Do I get it right? a compressed fs is faster than an uncompressed? I cant believe this.