> 1GB archives not copied during initial install

[warp_kez]

Is there a reason for archives/files greater that 1GB not being copied during the text mode phase of the installation?

To try and bring the size of my install disk (9GB) down to something more reasonable, I have using winzip to compress the individual directories, for the most part it has worked except for one directory (MSDN Dox) which when compressed is 1.9GB in size, and subsequently does not get copied.

[phkninja]

I dont have an answer to why the 1GB archives dont copy, but have you ever thought of using archive spanning. You said you use winzip, so set up winzip to break the archive into 700MB chunks. This will take slightly more space then 1 single archive but will make life a bit easier.

Also try using cab compression or LZMA (7zip, .7z extention.) This creates a solid archive. Which means you have to extract the entire archive at once, which you are doing anyway. Winzip doesnt create a solid archive unless you tell it to, and even then im not sure if it has this option, i know 7zip does and so does WinRAR. By creating a solid archive you get a bit better compression but it forces you to extract the entire archive.

Soild archive - Files are added to an archive, like tar, then the archive is compressed as a whole. Like tar.gz or tar.bz2

Normal archive - Files are compressed individually and then added to the archive