COMPRESSED LOOPBACK DEVICE (cloop.o)
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This module is licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, as
stated in the source.
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The cloop.o, a Kernel module is needed to add support for filesystem-independent, transparently decompressed, read-only block devices.
Original Author: Paul 'Rusty' Russel
Extensions & Bugfixes: Klaus Knopper (http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/) [^]
The current available debian patch is not used.
Note: target/default/device_table.txt is not yet supported! ck
The quickfix is to use sudo to mount the previous created cramroot
Sources from:
http://developer.linuxtag.net/knoppix/sources/cloop_2.01-5.tar.gz [^]
For more infos see: http://knopper.net/knoppix-info/ [^]
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# Build the cloop root filesystem image
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# Note: we need additionall host tools:
# required:
# mkisofs 2.01a34-unofficial-iconv from http://users.utu.fi/jahhein/mkisofs/ [^]
# optional:
# symlinks: scan/change symbolic links - v1.2 - by Mark Lord
# from ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/file/ [^]
#
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# ls -lrsS root_fs_*.*
# 1296 -rw-r--r-- 1 claus users 1325478 Mar 13 16:52 root_fs_powerpc.cloop
# 1448 -rw-r--r-- 1 claus users 1482752 Mar 13 16:52 root_fs_powerpc.cramfs
# 1840 -rw-r--r-- 1 claus users 1883408 Mar 13 13:14 root_fs_powerpc.jffs2
added as of revision 13590
cloop.tgz [^] (1,859 bytes) 03-13-05 13:07 
