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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> James Miller wrote:
> > fs.img unzipped to 15MB.  Is that really the right size?
>
> Yes.  It holds the BL3 filesystem (plus 10mb free for add-ons).
>
> > Should it be that big?
>
> Good question.  I could make fs.img as small as 5mb (no room
> for add-ons) or much, much bigger.  I choose 15mb because
> that leaves enough free space for Netscape 3.04 and a few
> other bits & pieces.  If users would prefer more/less space
> on the filesystem, I would welcome their suggestions.

I'm still thinking on this one.  Meantime, perhaps my thinking processes
can be goaded further along by hearing more about just what fs.img is.
I'm sort of baffled by/about it (not hard to do, incidentally).  I know
about umsdos, which is a way to use a DOS filesystem on Linux.  But fs.img
appears to be an ext2 filesystem.  Is it somehow ext2 on top of FAT or
something?  I suppose it gets mounted as the loop "device" when BL3 is
booted?  Anyway, I'm sort of taking wild guesses here.  Can you clarify a
bit about how this works, Steven, or maybe provide some links for those of
us interested in reading about and understanding it a little better?

Thanks, James