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Business card-sized CD-ROMs typically only hold about 50 megabytes of
data, so we need to pull some tricks to fit everything the BBC holds.
Business card-sized CD-ROMs typically only hold about 50 megabytes of
data, so we need to pull some tricks to fit everything the BBC holds.
What the LNX-BBC does is to use a module called cloop.o to access a
What the LNX-BBC does is to use a module called cloop.ko to access a
compressed loopback block device. This is basically a gzipped file
that's pretending to be a hard drive. The file contains a romfs image
that holds all of the software on the BBC.
compressed loopback block device. This is basically a gzipped file
that's pretending to be a hard drive. The file contains a romfs image
that holds all of the software on the BBC.