Compress problem

[Mort d`Hump]

I am having trouble using compress to de-compress large .Z files.

The operation terminates with a "File too large" error.

I have a PLEXUS P-20 running vanilla Sys VR2 w/ 2Meg of RAM and over
25 Meg of free space on the file system I am working in.

The results of compress -V:
Based on compress.c,v 4.0 85/07/30 12:50:00 joe Release
Options: BITS = 16

This is the first file I have trouble with:
mort     users    1059441 Dec 21 21:01 SML3.1.cpio.Z

Does anyone have any pointers?

Thanks!

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			Marty Wiedmeyer
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			Marty Wiedmeyer
			mort at dhump.lakesys.COM
			{uunet!marque,uwvax!uwm}!lakesys!dhump!mort