On Wed Feb 19, 2003 at 05:16:48PM +1100, Glenn McGrath wrote: > On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:08:45 -0600 (CST) > Drew Scott Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Would squashfs work? I doubt this is an optimal compression, but it > > might be better than alternatives. Currently the best free solution > > might be based on PPMd which has been packaged into Debian. > > > > Im not confident about squashfs, i think the best solution is > initrd.romfs.gz for normal installs, but squashfs or cramfs might be > good for lowmem installs, i havent looked into squashfs yet, not sure > when i will get time.
I have found using cramfs helps quite a lot in low memory situations, but the penalty you pay is the filesystem itself (i.e. the stuff you store on the boot media) is larger. So its a tradeoff between runtime memory use (cramfs is very good) and boot media storage space (cramfs is less compact than a gzipped ext2 fs). I expect a similar thing applies to squashfs. -Erik -- Erik B. Andersen http://codepoet-consulting.com/ --This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
