eravin@panix.uucp (Ed Ravin) (04/23/91)
Is it possible to turn a floppy disk into a mountable filesystem on an RS/6000? I tried: # mkfs /dev/rfd0 # mount -p -o log=/dev/console /dev/fd0 /mnt Only to be rewarded with "/dev/rfd0: device busy" or something similiar. And why do I have to tell the mount command about log devices? -- Ed Ravin | I'm sorry, sir, but POSTAL REGULATIONS don't allow cmcl2!panix!eravin | PLASTIC tape over PAPER tape and NYLON cord on an philabs!trintex!elr | 86 inch girth to LITHUANIA... +1 914 993 4737 |
woan@exeter.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S Woan) (04/24/91)
In article <1991Apr22.194750.10431@panix.uucp> eravin@panix.uucp (Ed Ravin) writes: >Is it possible to turn a floppy disk into a mountable filesystem on an >RS/6000? I tried: Wow... I know this one. Mountable floppy file systems are not supported in AIX 3.1... They were in AIX 2.2.1/RT, I believe though (trivia). -- +-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+ +------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+ + Ronald S. Woan woan@cactus.org or woan@austin.vnet.ibm.com + + other email addresses Prodigy: XTCR74A Compuserve: 73530,2537 +
dcm@codesmith.austin.ibm.com (Craig Miller) (04/24/91)
In article <1991Apr22.194750.10431@panix.uucp> eravin@panix.uucp (Ed Ravin) writes: >Is it possible to turn a floppy disk into a mountable filesystem on an >RS/6000? I tried: No. Filesystems on floppies are not supported. ># mkfs /dev/rfd0 ># mount -p -o log=/dev/console /dev/fd0 /mnt > >Only to be rewarded with "/dev/rfd0: device busy" or something similiar. >And why do I have to tell the mount command about log devices? AIXV3 uses a "Journaled Filesystem" that requires a log to track changes to the filesystem meta-data (inodes, directories, etc). This log must be on the same volume group as the filesystem in question (this alone makes filesystems on floppies hard). If enough customers express an interest in this, this will, perhaps, be offered in a later release. If this is very important to you, submit a defect. -- Craig Miller Internet: dcm@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com IBM Austin Vnet: tkg007 at ausvmq AIXV3 Change Team (level3) IBM internal: dcm@littleguy.austin.ibm.com "I do not represent IBM or any other respectable company."