Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 18:06:47 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Cc: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com>, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nightmare. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960815180329.284C-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <199608151404.JAA13554@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
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On Thu, 15 Aug 1996, Joe Greco wrote: > > > a) Write a filesystem which understands tar files natively. Note: there may > > > be a slight performance penalty for folks running with their root > > > partitions mounted on a TARFS - perhaps we could note this somewhere. > > > > While you're at it, how about tar-on-a-tape-FS? There's an MSDOS > > driver that makes a tape drive look like a disk drive. Why not have > > something similar for FreeBSD? People can then use their tape drive as > > a disk. Imagine having the root disk on tape! "Infinite storage!" > > (1001 evil ;-}) > > > > What about ZIPFS, or CPIOFS? ZOOFS? ARCFS? LBRFS? Punch-tape-FS > > is possible, but it wouldn't be politically correct -- too many trees > > would get cut down. ;-} > > How about UFS-on-a-tape :-) Never forget the obvious ones. > > # newfs /dev/rst0 > /dev/rst0: 8257536 sectors in 2016 cylinders of 1 tracks, 4096 sectors > 4032.0MB in 126 cyl groups (16 c/g, 32.00MB/g, 7680 i/g) > super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at: > 32, 65568, 131104, 196640, 262176, 327712, 393248, 458784, 524320, 589856, > 655392, 720928, 786464, 852000, 917536, 983072, 1048608, 1114144, 1179680, > 1245216, 1310752, 1376288, 1441824, 1507360, 1572896, 1638432, 1703968, > 1769504, 1835040, 1900576, 1966112, 2031648, 2097184, 2162720, 2228256, > 2293792, 2359328, 2424864, 2490400, 2555936, 2621472, 2687008, 2752544, > 2818080, 2883616, 2949152, 3014688, 3080224, 3145760, 3211296, 3276832, > 3342368, 3407904, 3473440, 3538976, 3604512, 3670048, 3735584, 3801120, > 3866656, 3932192, 3997728, 4063264, 4128800, 4194336, 4259872, 4325408, > 4390944, 4456480, 4522016, 4587552, 4653088, 4718624, 4784160, 4849696, > 4915232, 4980768, 5046304, 5111840, 5177376, 5242912, 5308448, 5373984, > 5439520, 5505056, 5570592, 5636128, 5701664, 5767200, 5832736, 5898272, > 5963808, 6029344, 6094880, 6160416, 6225952, 6291488, 6357024, 6422560, > 6488096, 6553632, 6619168, 6684704, 6750240, 6815776, 6881312, 6946848, > 7012384, 7077920, 7143456, 7208992, 7274528, 7340064, 7405600, 7471136, > 7536672, 7602208, 7667744, 7733280, 7798816, 7864352, 7929888, 7995424, > 8060960, 8126496, 8192032, > # mount /dev/st0 /mnt > # cd /mnt > (whirrrr chug) > # (cd /usr; tar cvf - .) | tar xf - > (whirrrr chug whirrrr chug whirrr chug for several years) Got to try out. What a pitty I have only 2GB DAT.... But I think I can copy many small-sized files to it, if it works, of course. Sander > > ... JG >
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