[Sugar-devel] Documenting the SoaS file system

[Caroline Meeks]

Hi,

I want to better understand what I see when I browse the file system of the
stick.

One developer tells me that the squashfs is just the system files and is
never rewritten.
Another person writes that all our user files are stored in the squashfs.

When I read about squashfs in wikipedia or chat with friends about it, its
decribed as read-only and optimized for space.  If we are rewritting our
squashfs everytime the user saves data, that could be the source of a lot of
our failures.  If we never rewrite it, then probably its a red harring and
we need to look elsewhere.

Is there, or could someone write, a documentation page that explains what is
where and in what format on our stick?  I feel like understanding the
current state, being able to communicate it,  is the first step towards
getting to a better place.

Thanks!
Caroline

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Caroline Meeks
Solution Grove
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