# SquashFS HOWTO

Artemiy
I.
Pavlov
Sinevibes

Marco
Cecchetti

    mrc (dot) ildp (dot) com

linux
squashfs
squashed
squash
compressed
filesystem
kernel
embedded
tiny

## Abstract

This HOWTO describes the usage of SquashFS - a highly-compressed read-only file system for Linux, which is intended for use in tiny-sized and embedded systems, and anywhere else you'd want to use a compressed file system. With this document, you'll learn how to prepare a SquashFS-ready Linux kernel, create a squashed file system and happily use it.

## Home of this HOWTO

The SquashFS HOWTO lives at http://artemio.net/projects/linuxdoc/squashfs. There you will always find the latest version of the document, and will be able to send your feedback.

1.9
2008-07-24
Text corrections.
1.8
2008-01-06
Changes according to SquashFS release 3.3. Some parts added.
1.7
2005-03-25
Changes according to SquashFS release 2.1.
1.6
2004-11-10
Changes according to SquashFS release 2.0. Text corrections.
1.5
2004-06-07
Changes according to SquashFS release 2.0 alpha. Lots of description improvements and clarifications. Split instructions for Linux kernels of 2.6.x (new) and 2.4.x series.
1.1
2004-05-22
Changes according to SquashFS release 1.3r3.
1.0
2004-02-19
Initial Release, reviewed by LDP.
0.2
2003-12-08
Text corrections, license added.
0.1
2003-11-24
Initial version. Instructions for SquashFS release 1.3r2.

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