[Info-vax] VMS V8.4 (IA64) v. Non-directory file named fred.DIR; 1

[John E. Malmberg]

On 5/2/2012 11:10 PM, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> Steven Schweda<sms.antinode at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
> (snip)
>
>>    A casual observer might wonder why this DVD image file was
>> not compressed.  Knocking 40% to 50% off 4GB could save a few
>> people some considerable download time.
>
> Not only isn't it compressed (which often doesn't help much),
> but seems to be padded out ot 4GB. It isn't likely to accidentally
> come out exactly 4GB.

The volume is a dual format DVD.

To build the volume, you start out with a LD container file that is the 
size of the target DVD, and then use a special image backup to transfer 
the system disk to it.

This results in the entire DVD being formatted.

Has anyone contacted HP and recommended that they also offer ZIPPED 
DVD/CDROM Images for download?

Regards,
-John