George Metz, 2001-04-21 21:34 -0400
>On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Mike Noyes wrote:
> > That's huge. How big is minix? We can subtract the minix size from the
> > ext2 total. Is that correct, or am I out in left field still?
>
>Not sure what you mean. If you mean from kernel size for the total size
>change, then yes.
George,
Yes.
> > fat + minix = ?
> > fat + vfat + minix = ?
> > ext2 = 51K
>
>In 2.4.3 we have:
>
>-rw-r--r-- 1 wolfstar root 46474 Apr 11 03:05 ext2.o
>-rw-r--r-- 1 wolfstar root 15915 Apr 11 03:05 vfat.o
>
>In 2.2.18, we have:
>
>-rw-r--r-- 1 wolfstar root 54013 Dec 16 02:55 ext2.o
>-rw-r--r-- 1 wolfstar root 15458 Dec 16 02:55 vfat.o
>
>Of necessity, I compile DOS FAT and Minix into the kernel so as to avoid
>any messy situations.
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?
George, Jeff, & Jack,
Thanks for taking the time to educate me. :)
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Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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