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Old 03-29-2010, 11:59 PM   #1
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Writable compressed file system

Hi,
Can anyone recommend a file system similar to SquashFS but writable?
Thanks.
 
Old 03-30-2010, 04:33 PM   #2
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You might be interested on reading up on how to use unionfs and squashfs to make it effectively writable...

http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7409/1.html

Has the basics, and there is more coverage of the topic elsewhere.
 
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Might look also at compressed fuse and zfs fuse.
 
  


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