[NTLUG:Discuss] compression and Filesystem question

[Ralph Green, Jr]

Howdy,
  Bryan gave you better answers than I could on everything except this
question.  There is a filesystem called squish.  It is what Knoppix and
similar bootable CD linux systems use to get 1.5 gig on a CD.  I have
never used it, but I understand that it takes quite a bit of CPU time to
run the compression.  If this is a normal daily backup you are doing, it
probably is not worth the effort.  Check it out at  
http://www.squish.net/
Good luck,
Ralph

On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 16:26, Richard Geoffrion wrote:
> 1.) Is there a file compression file-type that can be mounted as a
> filesystem?  Can one mount a tarred.gz?  What about a compressed ISO?  I
> guess read only would work.