Re: COW snapshotting

1999-11-10 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Rik van Riel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I know this could involve an extra copy of the page for > writing, but it fits in really well with the transactioning > scheme and could, with the proper API, give us a way to > implement a high-performance transactioning interface for > userspace. Th

Re: Compressed read only version of EXT2?

1999-11-10 Thread Eric Dumas
According to Keith Owens: > I am looking for a compressed, read only version of ext2 to use for > backup media. Ideally the metadata would be uncompressed so I could go > directly to a file but the data would be transparently compressed. The > data would be written only once and thereafter would

Compressed read only version of EXT2?

1999-11-10 Thread Keith Owens
Please Cc: me on any replies, I am not on this list. I am looking for a compressed, read only version of ext2 to use for backup media. Ideally the metadata would be uncompressed so I could go directly to a file but the data would be transparently compressed. The data would be written only once