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-Edit->'File System" may alter the type of filesystem used to make the root -filesystem.  Because the filesystem is -created on a loop device, some -filesystem types may complain or not be created at all.  If there -isn't any loop device support for the host system's kernel use -genext2fs.  The filesystem type defaults to genext2fs for normal -users.

+The Filesystem Box (Edit->'File System") is the control center for access to +the filesystem making utilities provided by the root_fs helper.   +For normal users it defaults to genext2fs, and for root, mke2fs.   +If a normal +user sets the filesystem size greater than 8192k before the box is opened then +UML Exclusively is turned on, and mke2fs is assumed, otherwise it is off +and genext2fs is used.   +UML Exclusively is off by +default for root, and allows root to create filesystem on a loop device, but +normal users don't have loop device access so genext2fs is used instead to +create a UID/GID 0 fs.  Both types of users can turn this button on +at any time regardless of the filesystem size, and assuming they provide a +filesystem command suppored by the root_fs helper; however, normal users +should keep this on when the filesystem +size is greater than 8192k.  Preserve Permissions are off by +default for normal +users, and on by default for root, these are good defaults since a normal +user would create a fs with thier own UID/GID if they turned this on. + +

+ +The root_fs helper provides support for these commands:
+mke2fs mkreiserfs mkcramfs genromfs mkminix + +

+ +Notes: +1). All these commands may have options added, but it is uneccessary to add +directory, device, or source options  2). +Mkcramfs and genromfs use the filesystem given a +filename in the ARS as the source to produce another filesystem which is +named respectively with _cramfs or _romfs appended to the original name of +this filesystem.   +If in doubt +what this all means, watch the verbosity box when the filesystem is created, +and things should become more clear.