Re: LYNX-DEV Splitting the current distribution zip file

[Webmaster Jim]

On Fri, Feb 06, 1998 at 06:51:58PM -0800, Doug Kaufman wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Webmaster Jim wrote:
> > I'm looking at ways to split the current Lynx distribution now that
> > neither the tar.gz nor the zip files fit on a 3.5-inch floppy :-(
> I am not quite sure that I understand exactly what you are trying to do.
> If someone wants to archive the source on a floppy, zipsplit is
> available for most platforms for the user to split it as he/she sees
> fit.  Multiple small files may be advantageous for those having trouble
> retrieving a large file because of poor network connectivity, but that
> doesn't seem to be what you are saying. If archiving is the problem,
> wouldn't it be simpler to just have the file split in two?
> 
> Even at the current size, the zip and tar.gz files will fit onto a
> 3.5-inch floppy, but not with standard formatting. On a MS-DOS system,
> for instance, FDFORMAT can format a disk with large enough capacity to
> hold the file.

This suggestion was intended to help those with poor network
connectivity, as an adjunct to the patch-o-matic scheme. It has gotten
no positive support, so unless someone says they want it, I'm dropping
the idea.

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Marvin the Paranoid Android.