Hi. The initramfs filesystem reports zero bytes free when queried with the statfs system call, even when there are 8 GB or more free memory.
This is a problem for me because I am building software appliances that run entirely out of an initramfs. I need to allow the user to install a package with apt-get (of course, the install will not be persistent across reboots). The apt-get source checks the f_bfree field in the statfs struct and bails out when it sees a zero. I have submitted a patch[1] against apt-get to just blindly plow ahead if the filesystem type is RAMFS, but I would prefer to get some input from this list regarding the best way to proceed. Why does initramfs report zero bytes free? -- [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=448316 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
