> Hiya, all -- I know that there are compressed filesystems (eg. > Linus' own cramfs), but I believe they're largely read-only for > embedded systems. I'm looking, for various reasons, to find a > disk-based compressed filesystem. Is anyone aware of such a beast?
Interesting - I'll be curious to hear what you manage to dig up. If all you care about is saving space, and if your data are compressible, you can probably find something that will at least work. Otherwise, my prediction (based on the compression algorithms and filesystem theory of which I'm aware) is that you're not likely to find a general purpose solution that pleases you because the conditions that make for efficient compression are likely to be a problem when trying to manage filesystem data efficiently. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
