Gordon Ross writes:

>I hope any CDROM makers will try their best to include all the
>sources in non-compressed form!

Uh, sorry, the filesize distribution and consequent fragmentation
seems a very compelling argument against this.

What to do? 

Hm. 16x CD-roms are getting cheap I can smell the stench of a
stackable de-compressing filessystem from here.  Gordon, does this
mean you've volunteered? :-;