Re: ramdisk problem 2.1.2[56]

Harald Koenig (koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de)
Thu, 13 Feb 1997 08:58:38 +0100 (MET)

> > When I attempt to build an ext2 filesystem on a ramdisk, mke2fs complains
> > about not being able erase block 0. I am able to mount the file system
> > but any file write operation on the mounted file system hangs. Is this a
> > known problem? I am fairly sure that all of my pertinent libs etc. are at
> > the correct levels. I see the same problem with 2.1.25 also.
>
> It is a known problem, and the solution is to read the man page :-)
> (The option you need to use is '-F')

-F Force mke2fs to run, even if the specified device
is not a block special device.

hmm, since when are ramdisks no longer block special devices ?
I never need "-F" for "mke2fs /dev/ram0" ...

Harald

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