This is no a joke.
Some how I compressed the OpenSUSE 11.1 iso file which it about 4.5GB to a 17MB .gz file.
The only bad thing is I can’t replicate that type of compression again.:’( If I could it would do wonders for my backup scheme.
*I can send the file to you for the non believers.
Thats no very special…actually you can easily compress 1 TB to a few bytes when the stars are at a good constellation
Just consider a file which only holds millions of zeros. A run-length-coding will do wonders on that. Something similar may happen to that iso file…
It could be that the file is all zeros as mentioned. This would happen if you were downloading by torrent and at the beginning the file is created with the right size but all the blocks are zero. As the download continues, the blocks are filled in with data.
Rest assured, if you are able to compress the ISO file to a few MB, then it can’t contain much information.
That is a very contradictory statement. The data is there it isn’t being downloaded or anything upon extracting the file so I don’t understand what you mean. I’m pretty sure that I received it via a torrent.
You must have compressed it before the torrent completed, that’s what I’m saying. When you start a torrent, the full size of the download is reserved, but with all zeros in the file.
For sure such an “compressible” ISO, if you still have it around, does not have the information in it. Do a MD5SUM on it, or try to install it (but you will be wasting a DVD blank, I assure you), and you will find that it’s invalid.
You are correct! Know I have learned something new about torrent files and compression. Thanks for breaking it down for me :shame:
It’s early in the day I’ll see what else I can learn rotfl!
Who ever said “ignorance is bliss” was making an ignorant statement.