Cramfs
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'''cramfs''' (compressed ROM file system) is a compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. | '''cramfs''' (compressed ROM file system) is a compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. | ||
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+ | Support for it first appeared in the Linux kernel in version 2.3.35 (1999). | ||
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== Software == | == Software == |
Revision as of 18:47, 14 July 2019
cramfs (compressed ROM file system) is a compressed read-only filesystem for Linux.
Support for it first appeared in the Linux kernel in version 2.3.35 (1999).
It is usually preferable to use Squashfs instead of cramfs.