Messages in this thread | | | From | Ryan Tucker <> | Subject | Re: announce: ext2 compression patch | Date | Tue, 2 Apr 1996 08:03:00 -0600 (CST) |
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Thus spake Michel LESPINASSE, splattered hither: > When I was still using msdos, some years ago, I occasionnaly used a freeware > disk compressor, named JAM. It had a really cool feature : it had several > packing algorithms, so most of the time I used the FAST one, that allowed > me to accelerate my hard disk access times, and then when I wanted to > take a coffee-break, I launched a disk optimizer, that repacked all the > recent data with a better packing algorithm - this was quite fast, because > it only tried to repack the recent data that was still using the fast > algorithm. > > I think this could be a great feature for those who run linux on > low-power computers. perhaps the repack phase could be lauched in the night > with a crontab program, or by a daemon when the load is low.
I'd like to see that implimented for Linux ... I'm planning installation of Linux on a 386sx20 with 4mb of RAM and 40mb of disk space, which is a rather masochistic task (at least we'll be using someone else's newsserver :-).
I'd be willing to test the patch if/when it's created.
Another idea... possibly have it run as a daemon? That would be easier for me (and other low-disk users) because there's no room for compilers or linux source on a 40mb disk. It could run kind of like kerneld ... uncompress files as needed, and recompress when done.
Just my 6 cents worth (adjusted for inflation)... -rt
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