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>SquashFS HOWTO</H1
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NAME="AEN5"
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>Artemiy I. Pavlov</A
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>Marco Cecchetti</A
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>mrc (dot) ildp (dot) com</A
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>Revision History</B
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>Revision 1.9</TD
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>2008-07-24</TD
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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COLSPAN="3"
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>Text corrections.</TD
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>Revision 1.8</TD
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>2008-01-06</TD
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>Revised by: </TD
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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COLSPAN="3"
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>Changes according to SquashFS release 3.3. Some parts added.</TD
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>Revision 1.7</TD
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>2005-03-25</TD
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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COLSPAN="3"
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>Changes according to SquashFS release 2.1.</TD
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>Revision 1.6</TD
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>2004-11-10</TD
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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>Changes according to SquashFS release 2.0.
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Text corrections.</TD
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>Revision 1.5</TD
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><TD
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>2004-06-07</TD
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><TD
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>Revised by: </TD
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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COLSPAN="3"
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>Changes according to SquashFS release 2.0 alpha.
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Lots of description improvements and clarifications. Split
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instructions for Linux kernels of 2.6.x (new) and 2.4.x series.</TD
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>Revision 1.1</TD
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>2004-05-22</TD
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><TD
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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>Changes according to SquashFS release 1.3r3.</TD
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>Revision 1.0</TD
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>2004-02-19</TD
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>Initial Release, reviewed by LDP.</TD
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>Revision 0.2</TD
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>2003-12-08</TD
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>Text corrections, license added.</TD
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>Revision 0.1</TD
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>2003-11-24</TD
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>Initial version. Instructions for SquashFS release 1.3r2.</TD
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>Abstract</B
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>This HOWTO describes the usage of SquashFS - a highly-compressed
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read-only file system for Linux, which is intended for use in tiny-sized and
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embedded systems, and anywhere else you'd want to use a compressed file system.
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With this document, you'll learn how to prepare a SquashFS-ready
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Linux kernel, create a squashed file system and happily use it.
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>Home of this HOWTO</B
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> The SquashFS HOWTO lives at <A
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HREF="http://artemio.net/projects/linuxdoc/squashfs"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://artemio.net/projects/linuxdoc/squashfs</A
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There you will always find the latest version of the document, and will be able to send
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your feedback.
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</P
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>Table of Contents</B
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>1. <A
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HREF="whatis.html"
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>What is SquashFS</A
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>Introduction</A
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>Overview of SquashFS</A
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>Making it clear</A
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>Getting ready for SquashFS</A
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>Acquiring SquashFS</A
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>Preparing a SquashFS-capable kernel</A
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>Compiling the SquashFS tools</A
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>Installing SquashFS on Debian</A
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>The SquashFS tools exposed</A
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>Using mksquashfs</A
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>Command-line options</A
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>Using unsquashfs</A
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>Creating and using squashed file systems</A
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>Basic steps</A
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>Squashing file systems</A
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>Making it writeble</A
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>Acknowledgements</A
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