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List:       kernelnewbies
Subject:    Re: Reg- Clarification on Ramdisk
From:       Erik Mouw <J.A.K.Mouw () ITS ! TUDelft ! NL>
Date:       2001-08-29 6:59:03
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On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 10:42:05AM +0530, SATHISH.J wrote:
> I am writing a dummy filesystem with the minimal features. At present I am
> writing the mkfs.dummyfs. I am testing it on a Ramdisk. My doubt is
> whether both are funtionally the same. That is if my mkfs.dummyfs works on
> Ramdisk, it sjhould also work on a harddisk partition right? Please help
> me wi the answer.

Yes, both ramdisk and harddisk are block devices, so it should work.


Erik

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