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The new explanation for the two new check boxes in the filesystem box.

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<center>$Id: index.html,v 1.44 2001/12/11 05:39:57 freesource Exp $</center>
<center>$Id: index.html,v 1.45 2001/12/14 09:03:06 freesource Exp $</center>
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<p>
Edit->'File System" may alter the type of filesystem used to make the root
filesystem.&nbsp;&nbsp;Because the filesystem is
created on a loop device, some
filesystem types may complain or not be created at all.&nbsp;&nbsp;If there
isn't any loop device support for the host system's kernel use
genext2fs.&nbsp;&nbsp;The filesystem type defaults to genext2fs for normal
users.</p>
The Filesystem Box (Edit->'File System") is the control center for access to
the filesystem making utilities provided by the root_fs helper.&nbsp;&nbsp;
For normal users it defaults to genext2fs, and for root, mke2fs.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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.&nbsp;&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
<p>
The root_fs helper provides support for these commands:<br>
<code>mke2fs mkreiserfs mkcramfs genromfs mkminix</code>
<p>
<u>Notes</u>:
1). All these commands may have options added, but it is uneccessary to add
directory, device, or source options&nbsp;&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp;
If in doubt
what this all means, watch the verbosity box when the filesystem is created,
and things should become more clear.
<p><IMG ALT="" SRC="images/replacements.jpg" align="center"></p>