[K-mib-ppc] Cloop or Squashfs?

[Yves Combe]

Hello,

On last saturday klaus Knopper anounced the next availability of knoppix 
3.4, with 2.6 support. That means cloop is now supported on 2.6. :-)

I have made some tests with cloop and squashfs. It's difficult to say 
wich is better for a liveCD.

cloop as better compression (1% to 2%).

To get all the files from cdrom, in normal order, squashfs is better (10 
to 20% less time). But to get all file in random order, cloop is better 
(28% less time!)

IMHO the usage in LiveCD is somewhere between this two possibiltys. It's 
difficult to predict wich is really better.

I have no idea how i can measure memory usage and cpu usage in cloop and 
squashfs usage.

For the moment i will keep squashfs. Time to change can come later, 
after other tests.

Regards,

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Yves Combe
Formateur TICE
IUFM de Montpellier - Site de Nîmes