2009/7/2 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hns@computer.org">hns@computer.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I do not completely understand the reasons why there is a need for<br>
(once again) a new file format.<br>
As far as I understand the proposal, it is just a file system running<br>
in an image file. Like mounting an ISO or any other file system<br>
residing not on a raw disk but within a file.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Good point. You can divide the archive into 100kb blocks and use mount -o loop on them. When you run out of space, just create a new block.<br></div></div>