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- One question: Why has no one proposed a compressed filesystem?
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- That is, something like Stacker or Doublespace for MessyDrugs. Simply
- compress the disk blocks themselves. This can be implemented as a new
- block device that sits between the filesystem and the raw disk.
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- I would be willing to run a compressed filesystem for my system binaries.
- I think zlibc is a gross hack. I am probably not alone.
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- BTW, if I built cp with zlibc, then what does
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- cp foo.z bar.z
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- do? :-)
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- David Jones, M.A.Sc student, Electronics Group (VLSI), University of Toronto
- email: dej@eecg.utoronto.ca, finger for more info
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