> > To do that, we'd need:
> > - a Dvd-FS like, multi-volume support for the background media
> > - a (kernel-level?) method for paging in/out chunks of file
> > - some other bookkeeping thing
> > - a way to warn the user that his file is on background storage,
> > so he/she doesn't abort the program in frustration :-)
>
> Okay...well, is this something we can add on to ext2 or another existing
> FS, or is it better to start off from scratch? Or maybe move to ext3 and
> throw 32-bit [GU]IDs + 64-bit file size support in as well? Is anyone
> else interested in this kind of thing? :D
I've heard rumours that the first option is already added
to ext2/3. The second and third option will be 'trivial'
to code too... (or have I overseen some fundamental trouble?)
Rik.
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