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Date:      Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:06:56 -0500 (EST)
From:      Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net>
To:        Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Growing a memory file system.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003240905320.12095-100000@kronos.alcnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000324130127.F40544@florence.pavilion.net>

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On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Josef Karthauser wrote:

> I'm embarking on some ufs growing code, and need a test bed other
> than my harddisk :)   Is there a way of allocating a memory
> filesystem, (or file system on a disk file), that's got empty space
> at the end?
> 
> I know that I can use mount_mfs to construct a memory fs, but IIRC
> if can't allocate more memory on the end that isn't part of the
> file system.
> 
> Has anyone any tips?  (I'm sure there's a way of doing it with the
> vn driver, Matt?)
> 

  I would expect that you could use vn to create a device out of a file,
newfs that, and play all you want.

  Kelly

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Analyst / E-business Development, Bell Industries  http://www.bellind.com/
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