[Mono-dev] File System-like storage

[pablosantosluac]

I guess we will continue using our current storage. Not as fast as the 
filesystem but faster than these alternatives... ;-)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Crowell" <mono-devel at fluggo.com>
To: "pablosantosluac" <pablosantosluac at terra.es>
Cc: <mono-devel-list at lists.ximian.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Mono-dev] File System-like storage


> pablosantosluac wrote:
>> would be great! but I wonder if it will work on windows... ;-)
>
> Not in the least!  :P  But lightweight read-write filesystems that can be 
> used inside another program are in short supply. You might as well just 
> use the actual filesystem.
>
> Besides, I just checked, and only root can do this. But it's one of the 
> neatest things I've learned about Linux so far, so I'll share it anyhow.
>
> Create an empty file where your "partition" will reside:
>
>   # dd if=/dev/zero of=my.fs bs=1M count={count}
>
> ...where {count} is the number of MB in the filesystem.
>
> Then create the filesystem. mke2fs will do it straight on the file; if 
> others refuse, research losetup.
>
>   # mke2fs my.fs
>   mke2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005)
>   my.fs is not a block special device.
>   Proceed anyway? (y,n) y
>   ...
>
> Mount your filesystem using a loop device.
>
>   # mkdir my.fs.dir
>   # mount -o loop my.fs my.fs.dir
>
> When you're done, unmount it.
>
>   # umount my.fs.dir
>
> Feel free to compress the resulting file. It will give worse results than 
> just doing tar/gz, though.
>
> --Brian