Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 12:19:11 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: dgy@rtd.com, batie@agora.rdrop.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: File System on a tape Message-ID: <199608161919.MAA05544@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <199608161815.LAA03019@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Aug 16, 96 11:15:44 am
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It seems that Terry Lambert said: > > > Also, you can't *run* a system off of a tar image (whereas you > > *could* mount a tape filesystem and execute whatever is on the > > tape!) > > Uh... I would have to insist on copying the entire image into core > for that one. 8-). But, that's "free"... assuming, of course, you have enough RAM for the executable in question! Once it's read from the tape, you're limited only by the rest of the system iron... Just think v-e-r-y---s-l-o-w :> But, then again, so isn't running/installing from a floppy *or* a (QIC style) tape... > 1: "What's your tape drive doing?" > 2: "Paging from an executable image..." This is what made it such an amusing concept when I was writing it! Wondering just how long it would take for the transport to give up the ghost... --don
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