Re: Elks Distribution

Blaz Antonic
2002-06-01T00:25:46Z

> Blaz: Does this assumption sound logical to you?

Riley, it sounds just fine but i'm not your FS guy :) If Alan (Cox) gets
some free time he might be able to provide you with better answers.

> I don't know enough about the format of the minix file system to know
> whether these calculations actually make sense, so can only present what
> the code tells me.

Perhaps you should go to your local library and try to borrow the book
on Minix design ? I was unable to find a (decent or not) description of
minixfs on the Net.

> 4. If the target device's rdev is either 0300 or 0340 then mkfs just
> refuses to operate. I presume those are bda and bdb respectively,
> in which case it is correct to refuse to write directly to those.

I guess you are right but in order to make sure you should check /dev
directory entires for these two devices (btw, same thing should happen
when target device is hdX or sdX entry).

Blaz Antonic