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Hello Pascal - 

CA>> Yes, you need all of the versions of 'zip' in order to
CA>> uncompress various Linux archives but for FIDO only
CA>> InfoZip will generally be of use for
compressing/uncompressing echomail packets (QWK etc.). 

PS> InfoZip exists for Linux and most distributions include the
PS> "zip" and "unzip" packages that work just like
you are used
PS> from DOS InfoZip. 

I had to add a Linux version of my ATP OLR, InfoZip, and
ztelnet to a mini-install of Slackware some time ago. I did use
the Linux install to read/write a few messages here on FIDO but
haven't gotten back to that for awhile now. 

CA>> BooitNG compresses the image files but I would think that
CA>> Linux can also compress the image on-the-fly as it is
CA>> being created. I _think_ the general consensus has been to
CA>> use 'dd' for creating image files for backup purposes from
CA>> a Linux install? 

PS> Yep. dd and then gzip or bzip2 to compress the image works
PS> great. 

Good, I hate it when I guess badly. ;-) 

PS> One can also backup a Windows partition that way without
PS> problems. 

Yes, BootitNG can image copy from any partition type as well.
My point was that the old Windows xcopy32 method of copying
files and directories wasn't going to work for all partition
types in a multi-boot setup of Linux and W98. :-) 

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