Hello Sebastian,
I'm not an expert but maybe you might want to take a look at the cloop feature/tools.
cloop-src - Source of the compressed loopback device module
cloop-utils - Tools for handling with cloop compressed volumes
If you find a better solution please let us know.
HTH,
Martin
----- Original Message ----
From: Sebastian Reitenbach
To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Sent: Monday, November 6, 2006 4:11:47 PM
Subject: [SLE] on the fly file system compression
Hi all,
I am looking for a way to compress a whole partition or some files on it on
the fly. I want to use this partiton for backup.
Ext3 has an inofficial patch to kernel and userland tools to allow on the fly
compression, but as they state themselves, it is not ready for end user, I do
not really want to use it.
another idea I have is to have a file mounted via loopback device. Do I can
have a file in a compressed state. e.g. image.gz and mount that via loopback?
or can I do another different filesystem that can handle compression?
any input appreciated.
kind regards
Sebastian
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