Cloop

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The compressed loopback device or cloop is a Linux kernel module. It adds support for transparently decompressed, read-only block devices. It is mainly used to compress file systems into Live CDs.

cloop sources and patches for cloop against the mainline Linux kernels. Note: versions 0.xx are for kernel 2.2; 1.xx are for kernel 2.4; 2.xx are for kernel 2.4 and 2.6.
cloop at Knoppix Linux Wiki (installation instructions are here)
Slides from a LinuxTag presentation by Klaus Knopper on the implementation of cloop (in German).

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