SquashFS HOWTO
| Revision History | ||
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| Revision 1.9 | 2008-07-24 | Revised by: |
| Text corrections. | ||
| Revision 1.8 | 2008-01-06 | Revised by: |
| Changes according to SquashFS release 3.3. Some parts added. | ||
| Revision 1.7 | 2005-03-25 | Revised by: |
| Changes according to SquashFS release 2.1. | ||
| Revision 1.6 | 2004-11-10 | Revised by: |
| Changes according to SquashFS release 2.0. Text corrections. | ||
| Revision 1.5 | 2004-06-07 | Revised by: |
| Changes according to SquashFS release 2.0 alpha. Lots of description improvements and clarifications. Split instructions for Linux kernels of 2.6.x (new) and 2.4.x series. | ||
| Revision 1.1 | 2004-05-22 | Revised by: |
| Changes according to SquashFS release 1.3r3. | ||
| Revision 1.0 | 2004-02-19 | Revised by: |
| Initial Release, reviewed by LDP. | ||
| Revision 0.2 | 2003-12-08 | Revised by: |
| Text corrections, license added. | ||
| Revision 0.1 | 2003-11-24 | Revised by: |
| Initial version. Instructions for SquashFS release 1.3r2. | ||
Abstract
This HOWTO describes the usage of SquashFS - a highly-compressed read-only file system for Linux, which is intended for use in tiny-sized and embedded systems, and anywhere else you'd want to use a compressed file system. With this document, you'll learn how to prepare a SquashFS-ready Linux kernel, create a squashed file system and happily use it.
Home of this HOWTO
The SquashFS HOWTO lives at http://artemio.net/projects/linuxdoc/squashfs. There you will always find the latest version of the document, and will be able to send your feedback.
- Table of Contents
- 1. What is SquashFS
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Overview of SquashFS
- 1.3. Making it clear
- 2. Getting ready for SquashFS
- 3. The SquashFS tools exposed
- 3.1. Using mksquashfs
- 3.2. Command-line options
- 3.3. Using unsquashfs
- 4. Creating and using squashed file systems
- 5. Acknowledgements
- 6. License
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