On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 08:14:08AM -0500, Drew Northup wrote:
> > We'll have to checksum the disk images but we can probably
> > save all relevant options in the snapshot so there should
> > be no problem with that.
> >
> > Another solution would be to save the disk image in the
> > snapshot. This would allow to debug plex86 much more
> > easily since you could save the state just before the
> > bug happens and continue until the bug's gone.
> How big are your disk image files? 640KB? Mine is 504MB!!! This IS NOT A
> GOOD SOLUTION!!!
Who fucking cares ? I have 40GB free disk space which cry to be filled ? ;-)
And my image is ~900MB.
> Remember two things: Keep It Simple Stupid (why many of my Data Structures
> Programs just didn't work)
> and
> whatever is the fastest, the smallest (least memory used--of any kind), and
> the simplest--all at once--is the best code.
Well, I can think of nothing which will work in more cases. I guess
we can avoid copying the disk image if the user promises not to
touch it :-) OTOH, copying it would always work, no matter what
the user does. So this qualifies for me as "more simple".
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