Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Dec 1999 08:00:00 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: ramdisk problem |
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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Idle Time wrote:
> Hi, > > It seems to me the ramdisk of the new kernels(e.g. 2.3.33) doesn't hold > data at all. After I made a file system on a ramdisk with > > mke2fs -i 8192 /dev/ram0 1024 > > I can do : > > root[17:49:54]~#mount /dev/ram0 /mnt > root[17:50:03]~#echo Hello! > /mnt/t > root[17:50:14]~#cat /mnt/t > Hello! > > which is fine. But if i unmount it and remount if right away, i get > > root[17:50:19]~#umount /mnt > root[17:50:27]~#mount /dev/ram0 /mnt > root[17:50:31]~#cat /mnt/t > root[17:50:34]~# > > The file is still there, just the contents are all zerod. > > Am i missing something here? >
Same problem with the loop device. Maybe there is a connection?
Cheers, Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.3.13 on an i686 machine (400.59 BogoMips). Warning : The end of the world as we know it requires a new calendar. Seconds : 1440000 (until Y2K)
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