diff -up slashem-0.0.8E0F1/include/config.h.config slashem-0.0.8E0F1/include/config.h
--- slashem-0.0.8E0F1/include/config.h.config	2006-12-30 14:04:53.000000000 +0100
+++ slashem-0.0.8E0F1/include/config.h	2009-05-21 09:54:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@
 
 #ifdef UNIX
 /* path and file name extension for compression program */
-# define COMPRESS "/usr/bin/compress" /* Lempel-Ziv compression */
-# define COMPRESS_EXTENSION ".Z"	     /* compress's extension */
+# define COMPRESS "/usr/bin/bzip2" /* bzip2 compression */
+# define COMPRESS_EXTENSION ".bz2"	     /* bzip2 extension */
 
 /* An example of one alternative you might want to use: */
 /* # define COMPRESS "/usr/local/bin/gzip" */   /* FSF gzip compression */
diff -up slashem-0.0.8E0F1/include/unixconf.h.config slashem-0.0.8E0F1/include/unixconf.h
--- slashem-0.0.8E0F1/include/unixconf.h.config	2006-12-30 14:04:53.000000000 +0100
+++ slashem-0.0.8E0F1/include/unixconf.h	2009-05-21 09:52:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
  * FILE_AREA_DOC	For human-readable documentation
  */
 
-/* #define FILE_AREAS */		/* Use file areas */
+#define FILE_AREAS 		/* Use file areas */
 
 #ifdef FILE_AREAS