[tex-live] Could LZMA compression be combined with SFX format ?

[Zdenek Wagner]

2008/10/1 Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor at rhul.ac.uk>:
>
> I don't know what the typical installation time is
> for a full network install, but my experiments here
> with a 3Mb download speed have suggested that it is
> not feasible for use during (say) a half-day visit
> to a friend or colleague.  For such situations I
> would want to take a DVD with me.
>
On broadband (in our institute) on a linux computer with two quad core
processors: 9 minutes
At home over 2Mb ADSL on a linux computer with one dual core
processor: about 2 hours (I have just left it running during dinner so
I do not know exactly).


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Zdeněk Wagner
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