Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Oct 2002 07:28:38 +0100 | From | Ingo Oeser <> | Subject | Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Squashfs released (a highly compressed filesystem) |
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On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 03:51:50AM +0000, Phillip Lougher wrote: > 4. Full 32 bit uids/guids are stored (4 bits stored in inode, uses a > lookup table, to give 48 uids/16 gids). File sizes upto 2^32 are > supported. Timestamp info is stored. Cramfs truncates uids to 16 bits, > uids to 8 bits. Cramfs files sizes are upto 2^24. No timestamp info. > Squashfs takes advantage of metadata compression to have more info with > smaller metadata overhead.
Why limiting to 2GB? AFAIR you wanted to use a cramfs-like filesystem for backups. Are videos and large data bases not worth of backing up?
It seems to be good work. So I really wait for Al Viros comments ;-)
Regards
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