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 -- Kelly Yancey - kbyanc@posi.net - Richmond, VA Analyst / E-business Development, Bell Industries http://www.bellind.com/ Maintainer, BSD Driver Database http://www.posi.net/freebsd/drivers/ Coordinator, Team FreeBSD http://www.posi.net/freebsd/Team-FreeBSD/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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