ReiserFS Help
Probably quite a simple answer, but here goes.
I'm trying to create quite a simple virtual disk image(using DD to create a temp file and then formatting it accordingly). I can't get mkreiserfs to do the format, but mke2fs does(see below for output of commands). Is there any way to force reiserfs to format my image? J # dd if=/dev/zero of=temp.img ibs=1k count=700000 # mkreiserfs temp.img <-------------mkreiserfs, 2001-------------> reiserfsprogs 3.x.0j mkreiserfs: temp.img is not a block special device. # mke2fs temp.img mke2fs 1.22, 22-Jun-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 temp.img is not a block special device. Proceed anyway? (y,n) y Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) 87552 inodes, 175000 blocks 8750 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 6 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 14592 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840 Writing inode tables: done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 25 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. |
I'm not sure if this is what you want, but a loopback device may be what you need. I got this info from the man losetup page.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/file bs=1k count=100 losetup /dev/loop0 /file mkfs -t ext2 /dev/loop0 100 mount -t ext2 /dev/loop0 /mnt ... umount /dev/loop0 losetup -d /dev/loop0 Just try to see if you can format it in Reiserfs instead of ext2. |
You learn something new every day, I didn't know that losetup command existed. It worked!
J |
I'm glad that it was what you were looking for. :D
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