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our first test will be based on a gentoo stage3 file
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[edit] Test procedure
download the file
wget http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2006.0/stages/stage3-i586-2006.0.tar.bz2
extract it
tar -xvjpf stage3-i586-2006.0.tar.bz2
[edit] Results
[edit] Gentoo stage3
test setup:
- reiserfs 3.6 filesystem
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| extention | version | filesystem | directories? | size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncompressed | - | - | 373M | ||
| Original | stage3-i586-2006.0.tar.bz2 | ??? | - | - | 100M |
| bunzip2 | .bz2 | 1.0.3 | No | No | |
| gunzip | .gz | ||||
| rar | .rar | ||||
| rzip | .rz | ||||
| squashfs 2.1 | - | 2.1 | Yes | Yes | 109M |
| tar | .tar | ||||
| tar.bz2 | GNU,1.15.1 | 99M | |||
| tar.gz | |||||
| zip | .zip |
[edit] compression programs compatibility
| rzip | rar | tar-bz2 | Zip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| winrar 3.51 windows | Yes | Decompression | Yes |
