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Subject: Re: [9fans] iso?
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
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Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:16:12 -0500
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The main reason they're bzipped is that they used
to be available only via the web page, and compression
is a no-brainer then.

Given the latency of most connections to sources,
my guess is that you get an enormous saving in time
by downloading it compressed and then dealing with
a local file system.  But maybe not.

In any case, there should be a script to do an install
for you.

Russ