Re: Writing multiple CD volumes for the AS/400?

Is the degree to which compression is effective can be predicted before you
do the save files, so that in essence there is like a report:

Here is all that you want to save:
The disk space it occupies on disk now;
The disk space it would take when compressed via whatever SAVF ZIP
combination;
But how much space is on each CD so unless you go multi-volume, this is how
much will fit before it fills up;
SO ... if you save file this much, that will go on one CD;
do same analysis on what comes next;
you may be wasting some CD space but the break point between one chunk & the
next will be preferably at a library, but if one whole library will not fit
on a CD, it will be between individual objects.

It probably makes sense to have a directory.
CD-1 contains following libraries & files, saved when.
CD-2 etc.
Place this directory on one of the CDs in the set.
Perhaps some place else convenient like on a report to go into a sleeve in a
pocket of the container holding this batch of CDs.

MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)

> From: adam@slic-systems.com (Adam White)

>  Myself and others are working on this problem at the moment for my open
>  source cd-mastering system
>  (visit www.slic-systems.com)
>  The solution that is up there at the top involves using save files (which
>  can be compressed quite significantly).
>
>  It's a big problem though and all help is appreciated! (as getting the time
>  to write it is non existant!)
>
>
>  Regards
>  Adam White
>  adam@slic-systems.com
>  www.slic-systems.com/
>