George Metz, 2001-04-21 22:46 -0400
>On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Mike Noyes wrote:
>
> > So if FAT+Minix support is approximately 30K, there is no difference
> > in size. What potential problems are caused by using ext2 on
> > floppies/ramdisks? Do vfat formatted floppies have a greater amount of
> > writable area than ext2 formatted ones? Does Linux handle ext2
> > ramdisks more efficiently than minix ones?
>
>Well I know of one minor - at least, I THINK it's minor - problem with it:
>The ext2fs on Initrd option has been listed as BROKEN for the past year
>and a half - minimum. So that would take someone with C coding experience
>to fix that. (Rules me right the hell out.) =)
George,
Me too. I'm ordering the C Primer book next week. Maybe in a couple of
years I may be able to fix it. ;)
>Overall, I'd rather stick with Minix for the ramdisks and go to VFAT on
>the floppies, since that's what most folks are - all unbeknownst to them
>- using already anyways.
Understood. I was just looking at the alternatives. It doesn't look like
there are any at this time.
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Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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