mings@cs.uoregon.edu (Ming Yau So) (03/20/91)
Hi, I am a newcomer of MacMinix, and I've come across the following problem. I like to ask could anybody please help me to solve it. My problem is: when I try to mount a file system on /dev/fd0, I got the error message "mount: File table overflow". At the time I try to mount this file system, I already have 5 other file systems mounted (/dev/hd[0-4]), so I guess this may be the source of the problem, anyone can confirm this ? BTW, I really want to know is there a way for me to mount the file system on /dev/fd0 without unmounting any of the mounted file system ? I want to do this because all of the mounted file systems have things which I needed to backup onto the one on the floppy disk. I have read the book and manual extensively, and I know the table involved is either the bitmap table, the inode table, or the super-block table, but I can't figure out which one of them really caused the problem, and how do I solve the problem. Another question I want to ask is, can I put other file systems, besides the root filse system, onto the ram disk ? What I really want is to put the file system for /tmp onto the ram disk. The manual only tell you how to create a ram disk with the root file system on it, but does not mention how to create a ram disk with other file system on it, so I just wonder could this be possible. Thanks in advance for any help. -- ___________________________________________________________________________ Ming Yau So | Disclaimer needs to be repaired !! Internet: mings@cs.uoregon.edu | >>>SCUD>>> (disclaimer) AOL: Ming So |------------------------------------
root@minixug.mugnet.org (MINIXUG-ONLINE System Manager) (03/23/91)
mings@cs.uoregon.edu (Ming Yau So) wrote: > Hi, I am a newcomer of MacMinix, and I've come across the following problem. > I like to ask could anybody please help me to solve it. > > My problem is: when I try to mount a file system on /dev/fd0, I got the > error message "mount: File table overflow". At the time I try to mount this > file system, I already have 5 other file systems mounted (/dev/hd[0-4]), so > I guess this may be the source of the problem, anyone can confirm this ? > BTW, I really want to know is there a way for me to mount the file system on > /dev/fd0 without unmounting any of the mounted file system ? I want to do > this because all of the mounted file systems have things which I needed to > backup onto the one on the floppy disk. I have read the book and manual > extensively, and I know the table involved is either the bitmap table, the > inode table, or the super-block table, but I can't figure out which one of > them really caused the problem, and how do I solve the problem. Increase NR_SUPERS in "fs/const.h" to 10, and there you go.... Fred.