Messages in this thread | | | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> | Subject | Re: Ext-2fs volume support (patch) | Date | Sun, 1 Jun 1997 17:25:10 -0400 (EDT) |
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> > Hint: Create a bunch of files (say four 8MB ones) with "dd"", and use > > the loop device to make them look like block devices. Format them, > > and play with them :-) I don't recommend you put them on a fs you > > are afraid to use (just being paranoid). > > The problem is that this code is what you will be using for your > regular file system access, so, if I introduced a bug in the generic > code, well, uhm, ahem, you will suffer the problems of this as well:-)
No kidding...hence my warning about being paranoid. The idea of using the loop device was to avoid having to re-partition for testing purposes.
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