Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 25 May 2001 13:20:50 +0200 | From | Erik Mouw <> | Subject | Re: Reg ramfs mkfs |
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On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 12:44:30PM +0530, SATHISH.J wrote: > I compiled the ramfilesystem under fs/ramfs and got the object file > inode.o. > > 1.Should I do insmod to insert this module.
No, you should insmod ramfs.o.
> 2.After inserting this module how can I use "mkfs" to make this file > system befor mounting it.
Ramfs is a virtual filesystem, it doesn't use a block device, it lives in the page cache. Just mount it to use it:
mount -t ramfs none /mnt
Erik
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