What is CogoFS?

CogoFS (Cogo File System) is a stackabled compressed filesystem that provide on-the-fly transparent comprssion and decompression on top of existing mounted file systems. You can view CogoFS like a transparent compression and decompression filter.

Release History of Cogo File System 1.0

System Requirements

• Pentium class processor. Suggest 100MHz or above. Libc 2.0/2.2/2.3 see the Section called Supported Linux distributions.

Supported Linux distributions

• Chinese 2000 1.0

• Redhat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9, Advanced Server 2.1, and Enterprise Linux 3

• SuSe Linux 8.1. 8.2, and 9.0

• SuSe Entperirse Server 8.1

• United Linux 1.0 based distributions

• Mandrake 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 and 9.2

• Thiz Server 6.0

Please contact ShaoLin Microsystems if you cannot find your OS in the above list, or please check for the latest packages available on the web site.

Vendor Kernel Support

All stock vendor kernel which suitable for i586 or above listed in the supported distribution section will be supported.

Getting start

To install ShaoLin Cogo File System 1.0, you should check your system's kernel version by using the command uname -r and your CPU type with uname -m. For example,

 $ uname -r 
2.4.9-34
$ uname -m 
i686
$

In this example, the kernel version is 2.4.9-34 and you should do this and pick the correct package for your system.

After you have select the Cogo File System kernel module package, you will also need the CogoFS Utilities package. Install the CogoFS packages by

 $ rpm -ivh cogofs-2.4.9-31-1.0-7.i686.rpm cogoutils-1.0-3.i386.rpm

This will install both the Cogofs kernel module and cogoutils package. For detail documentation on CogoFS administration and operation, please refer to the CogoFS 1.0 How To document.