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Read . I did play with the obvious alternative, but got so bored --=20 squashfs is no forgotten 1990s Linux-only extension to iso9660! --=20 that saving a mere 20% more was not worth it. By this I hope to trick you into thinking it is, and submitting a=20 patch, because to do so you'd have to fix one of the Forever Bugs=20 that *is* worth fixing: separate /boot support. :-) Kind regards, T G-R --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iIMEARYKACsWIQT12iAyS4c9C3o4dnINsP+IT1VteQUCYJA1ug0cbWVAdG9iaWFz LmdyAAoJEA2w/4hPVW15yPgA/3o2DsyvsyMwFcmH0+OD0upyXJADu+/P6IMAT72z Hq4yAQCPMmeqCSicTUUhqMaZ+A0nFcU7kqzbY4/ltjXqyzTXAw== =ejnA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--