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from: `Julian Thomas`
date: 2004-10-10 20:43:02
subject: Re: ZIP FAT32?

In , on 10/11/04 
   at 10:34 AM, Mike O'Connor  typed:

>Referring back to the original question - which involved a FAT32 
>partition sized *8GB*, with *5.6GB* of RAW data going to an HPFS drive 
>-- assume with usual compression of about [1.6-1.8]:1.00 about 3.3GB 
>compressed, *that* won't fit on any *HPFS* drive AFAIK, even *IF* you 
>have >2GB filesize support in info-zip, I haven't seen AFAIR any mention 
>of it being released yet.

>What size output zip file are you creating from those full partition 
>backups?

My FAT32 partitions tend to run 1 to 2 gig, so the zip file is in the 1
gig +/- range.
 
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