Compressing Steam...

MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
edited December 2003 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">723 mb..</div> To get right to the point, I need to be able to compress the full steam isntall (723 mb) to about 700mb so that I can burn it onto a CD! As of right now, I have no friggn clue what to use after compressing to a .tar file and a .zip (they never got lower than 721mb)......I really want to burn this for a friend and because I want to put it on a different computer, without downloading (im 56k). I've tried using the network and it just freezes up right away....Any ideas?
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  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    overburn the CD

    from what I recall you could fit 723 mb on the CD, but it would be pushing it


    [I will put the name of the program that lets you do it as soon as I remember what it's called]

    or, break out winzip and do spanning archives on multiple floppies <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • JavertJavert Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15954Members
    edited December 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--That Annoying Kid+Dec 4 2003, 11:47 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (That Annoying Kid @ Dec 4 2003, 11:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> overburn the CD

    from what I recall you could fit 723 mb on the CD, but it would be pushing it


    [I will put the name of the program that lets you do it as soon as I remember what it's called]

    or, break out winzip and do spanning archives on multiple floppies  <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Just warning...you risk damaging the data and/or damaging the CD by over-writing 700MB. But yes, possible if your burner and software allows it (some recent ones do, sony comes to mind).
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  • uranium_235uranium_235 Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9478Banned
    Try a .rar, much MUCH better compression then a .zip.
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  • PseudoKnightPseudoKnight Join Date: 2002-06-18 Member: 791Members
    Get a higher capacity CD or download an install other than the full one. Do you really need ALL the mods?
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  • uranium_235uranium_235 Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9478Banned
    <!--QuoteBegin--PseudoKnight+Dec 5 2003, 04:45 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (PseudoKnight @ Dec 5 2003, 04:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Get a higher capacity CD or download an install other than the full one. Do you really need ALL the mods? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I've never seen a CD larger then 700 megs <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> Unless you get into DVDs, and I dont have 300 bucks to shell out for a decent burner, and wowie, 20 bucks for 5 DVD-Rs...
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  • Hand_Me_The_Gun_And_Ask_Me_AgainHand_Me_The_Gun_And_Ask_Me_Again Join Date: 2002-02-07 Member: 178Members
    It's most likely compressed already, so it's unlikely it'll compress much more, even with fancy compression systems like RAR or Bzip2. Probably your best bet is to split the file into two chunks which you can then write to separate CDs before reassembling the file on your own computer.

    I've no idea what Windows programs you can use to do this, but on Linux there's a useful little GNU utility called 'split'; I wouldn't be surprised if there's a stand-alone Win32 port. Something like the following should work:

    <b>split -b 500M reallybigfile.exe reallybigfile.exe.</b>

    You can reassemble the file on (probably) any Windows machine by bringing up the command prompt and using a command a bit like the following (I'm a bit unsure about the syntax):

    <b>copy reallybigfile.exe.aa:reallybigfile.exe.ab reallybigfile.exe</b>
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  • PseudoKnightPseudoKnight Join Date: 2002-06-18 Member: 791Members
    CDs go up to 800MB, AFAIK. I know a guy that took one and overburned it to 999MB. Apparently there is a software barrier there.
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    The 700 MB of CDs only applies to audio CDs. It goes higher for data and video. Around 800 MB, I believe.
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  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    winrar:
    a) compres one part to size of cd1, then put the rest on cd2 (winrar lets you split files into iddy bitty bits)
    b) chop it up and put it on about 300 disks <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    or, get a 750-800MB CD-R
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  • JediYoshiJediYoshi The Cupcake Boss Join Date: 2002-05-27 Member: 674Members
    Do you really need the whole installer? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    You can also try Uharc compressing, which is supposedly even better than WinRAR.
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