Monolithic image is the simplest of the types available. It is just a
simple sector-by-sector copy of the disk contents, which is created if
you leave both "Split image.." and "Compress.." disabled. The image file size
is equal to that of the device. The following considerations apply:
The image file cannot be larger than 2GB on a FAT16 filesystem,
or 4GB on a FAT32 filesystem. Hence, storing the monolithic image on
a FAT volume is impractical.
If the disk is only partially filled, the compression may reduce
the disk image size greatly because the unused part of the disk is
filled with zeros (contiguous runs of zeros can obviously be
compressed quite well).
Split disk image files
Zlon is capable of splitting the image file so that no
part exceeds predetermined size. If the compression is not used,
the monolithic disk image can be recombined from the parts by using an
old fashioned "copy" command (at the command prompt type "copy /?" for
more details, or check the example below).
Zlon can use zlib compression library to reduce size of
the resulting image file.
Due to the fact that no accepted standard on the compressed disk
image file exists, you will have to use Zlon to deploy
the compressed image files. These image files
cannot be used with any other software.
Using compression will result in higher CPU loads and may slow
down the processing considerably.
