Re: Debian router (compressed FS needs)

[Tony Hill <tonyhill@iastate.edu>]

Forgive my lateness to the discussion and newness to the topic.  I have just recently begun researching this topic myself.  In the process, I have come across the jffs2 filesystem.  It appears that this may solve the compressed flash filesystem concern.  Even better, the kernel module is already compiled into the stock Debian 2.6.7 kernel, and the mkfs is contained in the stock Debian mtd-tools package.

What do the more experienced in this audience think about this?

Regards,
Tony Hill
tonyhill@iastate.edu

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>     Dear all,
> I am trying to build a Debian router using a mini-itx board, with a 128 Mb USB 
> stick and some 128 Mb RAM. I only need a very few services including DHCP, 
> SSH, ROUTED, etc... 
>
> I already read http://gate-bunker.p6.msu.ru/~berk/router.html but would like a 
> more standard solution not based on custom packages but the main Debian ones, 
> compressed on file system.
>
> 1) RW compressed FS
>
> Basically, I would like to ease installation and maintenance using a 
> compressed FS.
>
> Is there any "rw" compressed file system in the 2.6 Debian kernel ?
> Have you tried to build custom kernels with http://squashfs.sourceforge.net ?
> Are there similar projects to SquashFS included in the 2.6 kernel?
>
> 2) Cloop based Debian distro
>
> If SquashFS cannot be used, is there any Cloop based Debian distro for 
> installation on an USB key ?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
> Jean-Michel

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