Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Dec 1996 8:26:10 -0600 | From | "Ray Van Tassle-CRV004" <> | Subject | RE: Compressed device driver? |
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> I was intersted in a compressed filesystem for Linux and I found this: > > > Begin3 > > Title: double: on-the-fly disk compression driver for Linux > > Version: 0.4l > > Entered-date: 21APR95 > > Description: block driver for on-the-fly, filesystem independent, disk > > compression, with patches for Linux 1.2.5, and utilities > It is very old, and adapting it to kernel 2.0.xx seems quite > time-consuming (at least for me), but I'd really like to use it > with the 2.0.xx kernels. > > Is anyone working on it? Is anyone insterested in it? Really, with the price of _HUGE_ diskdrives down in the weeds, I don't think a compressed filesystem is useful. I used to run Stacker & Doublespace on MSDOS---performance was bad, and minor disk errors would corrupt you entire disk. Got rid of them as soon as possible.
Local Egghead store is selling a package--Maxtor 2.1 GB disk and a backup tape drive for $300. This is _almost_ pocket change!
-30- Ray
> > > Massimiliano Ghilardi >
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