Does this get you anything over extracting a rootfs tarball to the directory of your choice or, in the case of Debian, running debootstrap for the target arch and directory?
Ah. Nice. I’d forgotten about squashfs compression. Probably only a minor advantage on zfs or btrfs volumes with compression enabled, but useful elsewhere. I suppose having readonly mounting enforced is another plus for reliability.
seeing the SHOGO screenshot hits me straight in the feels. Its been a long time ago i had the demo running as a kid.
“According to intelligence, eh? Then I’ve got nothing to worry about!” - Sanjuro
Does this get you anything over extracting a rootfs tarball to the directory of your choice or, in the case of Debian, running debootstrap for the target arch and directory?
It’s a squashfs you mount directly (in this case), so it’s smaller than those would be.
Ah. Nice. I’d forgotten about squashfs compression. Probably only a minor advantage on zfs or btrfs volumes with compression enabled, but useful elsewhere. I suppose having readonly mounting enforced is another plus for reliability.