Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code in userspace

[Lars Marowsky-Bree]

On 2001-05-19T16:25:47,
   Daniel Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

> How about:
> 
>   # mkpart /dev/sda /dev/mypartition -o size=1024k,type=swap
>   # ls /dev/mypartition
>   base        size    device  type
>   # cat /dev/mypartition/size
>   1048576
>   # cat /dev/mypartition/device
>   /dev/sda
>   # mke2fs /dev/mypartition

Ek. You want to run mke2fs on a _directory_ ?

If anything, /dev/mypartition/realdev

Sincerely,
    Lars Marowsky-Br�e <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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