Floppy Disk Space Problem

[LoveTheBass]

I have some 1.40 meg .tar files to move over to a Floppy disk. The disks are standard 1.44 megs and are clean, brand new. Whenever I try to copy them over, the error that keeps coming up is that I don't have enough room on the floppy disk. Anybody know why this is and/or a way to fix it so I can get them on the floppy? Any help would be great! Thanks.

 

[SJConsultant]

I have some 1.40 meg .tar files to move over to a Floppy disk. The disks are standard 1.44 megs and are clean, brand new. Whenever I try to copy them over, the error that keeps coming up is that I don't have enough room on the floppy disk. Anybody know why this is and/or a way to fix it so I can get them on the floppy? Any help would be great! Thanks.

Formatted capacity is 1.38MB , your .02 over the limit.

 

[KoolDrew]

LOL. You could try some other compression. Isn't 7-zip smaller?

 

[Stugots]

tar files are not compressed, using ANY compression will probobly bring it down to a size where you can put it on the floppy. if your in unix/linux just use gzip to compress it.

 

[LoveTheBass]

All right, I'm downloading everything on Windows. It's part of a Linux install I'm doing. How could I compress these files without putting them in a .zip folder or something?

 

[LoveTheBass]

Thanks for the fast replies, though, guys. Very helpful, very much grateful.

 

[RS3RS]

All right, I'm downloading everything on Windows.

A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head.

 

[starhawk]

winzip actually doesn't seem to compress.

the only suggestions i've got are either a cd-r or a zip disk (think a 100mb floppy)

zip drives are a little hard to get nowadays for some reason, but they do work quite well.

another option (unless this comp is like 5 years old) is a usb flash drive.

 

[Stugots]

winzip actually doesn't seem to compress.
...

would you mind elaborating on that...

 

[starhawk]

no problem... apparently winzip is no longer a compression utility, but a packaging utility.

it is quite useful for packaging your own software as you can create self-extracting winzip archives (so that your customers don't need winzip) and you can span archives over multiple disks.

however, the compression stuff just doesn't seem to be there anymore.

 

[Stugots]

works for me fine, heres a file i just tested it with. its a text file with 16mb of the number 8 in it.