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On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 09:26:05AM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
> >> 
> >> Any thoughts?
> 
> SOMETIMES no file system is the best file system.  E.g., by putting
> a raw file on a partition with "dd", "cat", or ">", maybe with the
> raw file being a .pax, .tgz, or other archive file.  Creative use
> of "dd" options should permit multiple files per partition but I've
> only ever used a single (archive) file.
Oh, yes, ofcourse I love `dd' but Ron was asking about *filesystem*