detert@lognet2.af.mil (CMS David K. Detert) (07/06/89)
Is it possible to mount a recoverable RAM disk using the FastFileSystem? My attempts fail. It seems to mount okay, but it is far from recoverable. If anyone has such a mount list I would appreciate a copy by email. Thanks in advance, Dave CMSgt David K Detert, USAF MILNet: detert@lognet2.af.mil
detert@lognet2.af.mil (CMS David K. Detert) (07/06/89)
Please ignore my previous plea for help setting up an RRD using FFS. Silly me, I followed Commodore's 1.3 example and once I moved the mount command outside of the IF/ENDIF loop everything worked as expected. I should have paid more attention to what Commodore was trying to show before adapting it to my setup. Thanks anyway, Dave
unland@cbmvax.UUCP (Rick Unland - Regional Support) (07/06/89)
The last time I checked the manual it was still not possible to make an RRD with the FFS because the the old file system is the only thing recognized at boot up. This is the same situation as having to have an old file partition for the 2090 and the 2090A controllers to boot from. If this is wrong then I hope someone else will write how to do it. -- ******* Rick Unland Commodore Business Machines **************************** * Usenet: uunet!cbmvax!unland ARPA: cbmvax!unland!@uunet.UU.NET * * Standard Disclaimer: If I said it, I was drunk! * * If I didn't say it, I wasn't drunk enough! * * "I thought they said the Commodore could stand up to anything!" * *********************************************** Earth Girls Are Easy! **********
unland@cbmvax.UUCP (Rick Unland - Regional Support) (07/06/89)
In article <7214@cbmvax.UUCP> unland@cbmvax.UUCP (Rick Unland - Regional Support) writes:
$
$The last time I checked the manual it was still not possible to make an RRD
$with the FFS because the the old file system is the only thing recognized at
(^ and autoboot from it)
This is how it should have read. My apologies to anyone that this caused a
problem for. It is entirely possible to have an RRD and format it to the FFS
but you will Not be able to Autoboot from that RRD.
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*********************************************** Earth Girls Are Easy! **********detert@lognet2.af.mil (CMS David K. Detert) (07/08/89)
I posted the original question on the above subject before I noticed my
error. Anyway, someone (I forgot who) indicated they didn't think it
was possible to build a RAD with FFS yet. I don't know for sure but the
mountlist below seems to work and INFO shows 512 bytes per block as
opposed to 488. Is this giving me a FFS RAD or not???
NOTE: I do not BOOT from this RAD. CHeers, Dave
RAD:
Device = ramdrive.device
FileSystem = l:FastFileSystem
Unit = 0
Flags = 0
Surfaces = 2
BlocksPerTrack = 11
Reserved = 2
Interleave = 0
LowCyl = 0
HighCyl =21
Buffers = 5
BufMemType = 4
Mount = 1
GlobVec = -1
DosType = 0x444F5301
Any opinions??????
CMSgt David K Detert, USAF MILNet: detert@lognet2.af.milcrs@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com (Chris (The Home of the Killer Smiley) Seaman) (07/11/89)
detert@lognet2.af.mil (CMS David K. Detert) writes:
< I posted the original question on the above subject before I noticed my
< error. Anyway, someone (I forgot who) indicated they didn't think it
< was possible to build a RAD with FFS yet...
[ Example of a Mountlist entry for a RAD: built with FFS ... ]
< Any opinions??????
<
< CMSgt David K Detert, USAF MILNet: detert@lognet2.af.mil
In reading the enhancer docs for 1.3, there is a section on doing
just what you did (I think it's in section 5), namely building an FFS
RAD:. Should work just as you expect it to.
Maybe what the other person thought was not yet possible is building
a BOOTABLE RAD: with FFS. This would definitely not work. Now, as
to whether it will work under 1.4 ... :-)
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