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Date:      Tue, 27 Feb 1996 13:49:17 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo)
Cc:        jfieber@indiana.edu, jerry@border.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: OK, so what would YOU like to see on that second CD?
Message-ID:  <199602272049.NAA05743@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199602271753.SAA03920@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> from "Luigi Rizzo" at Feb 27, 96 06:53:55 pm

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> > Yes.  You can't compile compressed source code.  Its the source code that 
> > I don't want to waste precious hard drive space with.
> 
> A call for compressed file systems...

I have some example file compression code for the Heidemann framework;
John has asked that I not redistribute it.

It would be trivial to implement block compression at the device export
layer in the devie framework I suggested previously.  This is similar
to how DriveSpace3 on Win95 exports file systems on hosted drives.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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