I have the following problem with the ramdisk in linux 2.3.18. This little
test script shows the problem:
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#!/bin/sh
rddev=/dev/rd/5
uname -a
mkdir -p /tmp/$$.mnt
mke2fs -qvm0 $rddev 1024 2>&1
mount $rddev /tmp/$$.mnt ; cp /vmlinuz /tmp/$$.mnt/data.dat ; umount $rddev
mount $rddev /tmp/$$.mnt ; cmp /vmlinuz /tmp/$$.mnt/data.dat ; umount $rddev
rmdir /tmp/$$.mnt
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The output I get is:
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Linux duesentrieb 2.3.18 #1 SMP Sat Sep 11 12:02:49 MEST 1999 i586 unknown
mke2fs 1.15, 18-Jul-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
/vmlinuz /tmp/2392.mnt/data.dat differ: char 1, line 1
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As you can see the files differ. But that's impossible becouse its the
same file! I've found the problem when building some disk images.
I also got some problems with the loopback device.
BTW: I'm using devfs-121 and gcc 2.95.1. The system I'm using is the
latest ROCK Linux snapshot (http://linux.rock-projects.com/).
yours,
- clifford
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Clifford Wolf (CEO and CTO)
The ROCK Projects Workgoup Tel: +43-699-10063494
http://www.rock-projects.com/ http://www.clifford.at/
e-mail: c.wolf@rock-projects.com email: god@clifford.at
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