This mksquashfs trick is not well know, but it should, IMO.
By comparison with the usual line,
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mksquashfs Directory/ Directory.sfs -noappend -all-root -comp xz
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mksquashfs Directory/ Directory.sfs -noappend -all-root -b 1048576 -comp xz -Xdict-size 100%
https://techoverflow.net/blog/2013/01/1 ... rom-folder
I tried it on the various sfs's of the DpupStretch7. For ex., the main puppy
sfs went down from 190 Mb to 176 Mb by compressing with the new parms.
AFAICT, they take a bit longer to create, but are perhaps a bit snappier to
unpack to RAM when you load your Puppy.
BFN.