E2compr 0.4 User Manual

• Quickstart
• Introduction
  • What does e2compr do?
  • Why was e2compr written?
  • How do I install e2compr?
  • How do I use e2compr?
    • Examples
  • Current limitations
• Inside e2compr
  • E2compr implementation
    • Disk allocation without e2compr
    • Clusters
    • Uncompressed clusters
    • How does the kernel know which clusters are compressed?
    • That's it
  • e2compr at work
    • When does de/compression really occur?
    • What if I try to decompress a file on a full device?
    • Compression errors
• Compression methods
  • Choosing a compression method
  • `none' method
  • Recently-added compression methods
• E2compr interactions with other packages
  • How does e2compr interact with e2fsck?
  • Can I still use a defragmenter?
  • Can I still use e2dump?
  • Can I still use zlibc?
  • Can I still use DouBle?
  • e2compr with the loop driver
• FAQ
  • When will e2compr get merged into the standard kernel?
  • Will e2compr be back-ported to Linux kernel versions 2.0.x?
  • Is it possible to compress a swap file?
  • It seems to me that files will be fragmented a lot.
  • Can I make a compressed boot/root floppy?
  • What files should(n't) I compress?
  • How do I uninstall e2compr?
  • E2compr doesn't seem to compress as well as gzip.
• Ideas for future e2compr development
  • User space work
  • Algorithms
  • Kernel
  • e2compress
  • Additions
• Reference
  • e2bitmap
  • e2ratio
    • e2ratio overview
    • e2ratio output
    • Invoking e2ratio
    • e2ratio bugs and limitations
  • Error messages and strange behaviour encountered with e2compr
    • Cannot Mount because of Unsupported Features/Algorithms
    • I get the error `Filesystem full'.
    • I get the error `I/O Error'.
    • When reading, I see strange data in my file.
  • URLs usw. relevant to e2compr.
    • E2compr home page
    • Contact details for e2compr maintainer
    • e2fsprogs URLs
    • e2compr mailing lists
    • Reference for DouBle
    • Reference to Zlibc
• Installation instructions for e2compr-0.4.x
  • Detailed Instructions
    • Getting & Installing e2fsprogs
    • Updating the kernel
    • Building utilities
• Glossary
  • Block size
  • Links
    • What is a link?
    • How to locate the other (hard) links to a file.
    • How to identify a file with multiple links
• Concept Index

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