>
> David Douthitt wrote:
>
> > * (2) Verify ability to use ANY filesystem for RAMdisks other than root
> > (support should already be there)
>
> It apparently assumed a minix filesystem; this has been changed. Now
> can anyone tell me why mkfs.msdos won't format a ramdisk image?
> Something about not being able to figure out the drive's geometry -
> funny, minix doesn't have that trouble... I couldn't test with anything
> else since I don't have mkfs.<anythingelse> on my LRP, but... it should
> work.
>
The virtual file systems in 2.4, Like tmpfs which I've been using, don't
need to be 'made' before being used. This is another advantage. It also
removes a needed program from the boot disk. The only advantage I can see to
using a 'real' file system would be to apply the ext2 compression patch and
use ext2, which could save on memory usage at the cost of cpu usage. I
haven't tested this, however.
Andrew Hoying
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