Compressing files

[m3rlin]

Hi! how do i compress a file in /dev/hdax to device /dev/hdbx, in zip
like zip <file> path/devhdb1
Thanks

[David Dorward]

mount the device
cd to the location of the file on the mount point

zip filename


(although I would use a bzip2 instead of zip if it doesn't need to be read on a Windows system)