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From: Samuel Flory <sflory@rackable.com>
To: Phillip Lougher <phillip@lougher.demon.co.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Squashfs released (a highly compressed filesystem)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:10:50 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DBF4DBA.8060005@rackable.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3DBF43ED.70001@lougher.demon.co.uk

Phillip Lougher wrote:

> Hi,
>
> First release of squashfs.  Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only 
> filesystem for Linux (kernel 2.4.x).  It uses zlib compression to 
> compress both files, inodes and directories.  Inodes in the system are 
> very small and all blocks are packed to minimise data overhead. Block 
> sizes greater than 4K are supported up to a maximum of 32K.
>
> Squashfs is intended for general read-only filesystem use, for 
> archival use, and in embedded systems where low overhead is needed.
>
> Squashfs is available from http://squashfs.sourceforge.net.
>
> The patch file is currently against 2.4.19.  There is further info on 
> the filesystem design etc. in the README.
>
> I'l be interested in getting any feedback, advice etc. on it.
>

  What are the advantages of squashfs vs cramfs?



  reply	other threads:[~2002-10-30  2:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-30  2:29 ANNOUNCEMENT: Squashfs released (a highly compressed filesystem) Phillip Lougher
2002-10-30  3:10 ` Samuel Flory [this message]
2002-10-30  3:51   ` Phillip Lougher
2002-10-30  4:03     ` Jeff Garzik
2002-10-30  4:11       ` Larry McVoy
2002-10-30  4:15         ` Jeff Garzik
2002-10-30 14:53         ` Jesse Pollard
2002-10-30 15:10           ` Padraig Brady
2002-10-30 15:42             ` Denis RICHARD
2002-10-31 16:18               ` Nicholas Wourms
2002-10-30 23:56       ` Phillip Lougher
2002-11-01 15:57         ` Rob Landley
2002-11-02  8:57           ` Phillip Lougher
2002-10-30  6:28     ` Ingo Oeser
2002-10-31  4:08       ` Phillip Lougher
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-10-30 14:17 Matthew Wilcox
2002-10-31  5:12 Phillip Lougher

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