Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 27 Nov 1996 10:19:59 -0800 (PST) | From | Eric Hoeltzel <> | Subject | Re: Union file system |
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On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, D. Chiodo wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Keith Owens wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 00:30:24 +1100 (EST) > > From: Keith Owens <kaos@edison.dialix.com.au> > > To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > > Subject: Union file system > > > > > > Does anybody know of a union file system for Linux? Alternatively any > > writeups on why it is/is not a good idea? > > > > Looking for a way to take multiple levels of data, some on cdrom, some on > > network, some on disk and make it look like a single level. All updates > > should be written to the top level. > > Symlinks? Mount all the cd, network, disk, etc, then make symlinks from > whereyou want you everything to appear to wherever the appropriate files > are... >
I heard something about a "translucent" file system once. Like you could mount a cdrom and a hard disk partition at the same mount point. Then when you untar a file on the cdrom it is written to the disk partition. I suppose there would be other uses too. Was this fantasy or is this actually being done somewhere?
Eric
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