Re: NILFS2

2010-01-06 Thread Bryan Kadzban
Andrew Benton wrote: > On 06/01/10 04:59, Bryan Kadzban wrote: >> Before the nilfs2 FS is mounted, I assume you mean. Because it >> doesn't make much difference whether the symlink exists before the >> rootfs is mounted -- the kernel (or initramfs...) does that bef

Re: NILFS2

2010-01-06 Thread Andrew Benton
On 06/01/10 04:59, Bryan Kadzban wrote: > Andrew Benton wrote: > Before the nilfs2 FS is mounted, I assume you mean. Because it doesn't > make much difference whether the symlink exists before the rootfs is > mounted -- the kernel (or initramfs...) does that before any bootscri

Re: NILFS2

2010-01-06 Thread Andrew Benton
ot >> >> That works fine and causes no problems, even on systems which don't use >> NILFS2, but it isn't pretty. Is there a simpler way to get awk to print >> all the fields at one go? Or would some other tool (perl?) be more >> appropriate? That's the mai

Re: NILFS2

2010-01-05 Thread Bryan Kadzban
's broken. I'd file a bug with whoever wrote that code... :-) > The solution I devised is to create a symlink /dev/root pointing at > the root partition. This has to be done before the filesystem is > mounted. Before the nilfs2 FS is mounted, I assume you mean. Because it

Re: NILFS2

2010-01-05 Thread Agathoklis D. Hatzimanikas
Hi Andy, On Wed, Jan 06, at 12:12 Andrew Benton wrote: > Hello, > I've been using one of the newer file systems in the kernel, NILFS2, on > my Dell netbook. It has some features which work well on flash memory > but it also has some quirks which made it difficult to set up at

NILFS2

2010-01-05 Thread Andrew Benton
Hello, I've been using one of the newer file systems in the kernel, NILFS2, on my Dell netbook. It has some features which work well on flash memory but it also has some quirks which made it difficult to set up at first. When you mount a NILFS2 partition it starts a daemon (/sbin/nilfs- cle