Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 14 Feb 1997 21:22:15 +0100 | From | arnal <> | Subject | Re: Disk Compression |
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William Sowerbutts wrote: > > Has anyone written a disk compression system for Linux? Ideally, I'd like > to be able to mount a compressed ext2 filesystem from a hard disk into my > filesystem as usual. The root FS needn't be compressed. > > And yes, I do know how ridiculously cheap hard disk space is nowadays, > however I am but a poor student. > > _________________________________________________________________________ > William R Sowerbutts (BtG) btg@thepentagon.com > http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~guru/ > main(){char*s=">#=0> ^#X@#@^7=";int c=0,m;for(;c<15;c++)for > (m=-1;m<7;putchar(m++/6&c%3/2?10:s[c]-31&1<<m?42:32));}
I was using this patch on Kernel 1.2.13. It was working very well. But I don't know if someone rewrite it for kernel 2.0. May ask to the author.
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 Keywords: disk compression, double, Linux Author: jmv@achaz.saclay.cea.fr (Jean-Marc Verbavatz) Maintained-by: jmv@achaz.saclay.cea.fr (Jean-Marc Verbavatz) Primary-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/kernel/patches/diskdrives 85057 double-0.4l1.tar.gz 707 double-0.4l.lsm Alternate-site: tsx-11.mit.edu /pub/linux/ALPHA/double Platform: Linux 1.2.5 Copying-policy: Freely Restributable, Copyright by Jean-Marc Verbavatz End
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