Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Ulrich Windl" <> | Date | Fri, 17 May 1996 10:00:21 +0200 | Subject | Re: Minix filesystem. |
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On 14 May 96 at 16:34, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> > Should the minix file-system really be defaulted to yes in the configuration? > > The Configuration.help-file says "Everyone should say Y or M so that they are > able to read this common floppy format" -- perhaps change it to something like > ""Minix is a common floppy format, say Y or M if you think you have use for > it""? Many people doesn't use the floppy all that often -- and it isn't so > diffucult to say Y if you want to use it on a ram-disk. > > If the Configuration.help-file is correct, the minix-filesystem enlarges the > kernel with 25KB -- imho that alone is enough to make it default to No. > > "Lets all kill this one, just say N" would probably generate to much flames for > me to handle, so i'm not going to mention that one.. ;)
Somehow you can stuff more on a minix floppy than on an ext2 floppy. Maybe that's the point for the past. Compressed ramdisk may change things now.
> > // JaS
Ulrich
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