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- From: oles@spectra (Shawn Oles)
- Subject: Re: Staker like file system
- Message-ID: <1992Aug22.223110.21426@news.Hawaii.Edu>
- Keywords: Compressed file system
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- Organization: University of Hawaii, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- References: <fcrews.1.714340460@WES.ARMY.MIL>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 22:31:10 GMT
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- In article <fcrews.1.714340460@WES.ARMY.MIL> fcrews@WES.ARMY.MIL (FORD CREWS) writes:
- >Hello has anyone out there working on the linux filesystems thought about
- >adding an option for a compressed file system like Stacker does for DOS.
- >You know a file system that compresses/uncompresses on the fly so we can get
- >more stuff on our hard drives. Just an idea I had that I thought might be
- >easer to get going now than later when everything is set in stone.
-
- I have been working on a compressed file system for Linux. It is very similar
- to stacker, but has the advantage of not having to go through DOS. The
- performance will be worse then non-compressed filesystems, but still
- tollerable (I hope). Thanks to Linus' excellently designed VFS interface, I
- am approaching a point where where I can go into beta with the release
- of a single VFS directory of new file system routines. I have to admit, it
- does not work yet as a real file system, but is very close.
-
- When I do get to the point where it works, I will post some performance
- figures and and archive location along with more details.
-
- -shawn
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