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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: 3.5" disks, PS/2 model 50Z
Message-ID: <5032@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 31 Dec 89 18:57:41 GMT
References: <2879@dogie.macc.wisc.edu> <3060@plains.UUCP>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <3060@plains.UUCP> overby@plains.nodak.edu (Glen Overby) writes:
>I don't believe mknod allows
>you to specify a size; just when the disk is make with mkfs.

I know.  One can patch it with de, but admittedly a better scheme is needed.
You can use mkfs, but then you get size 0, which works for most things,
but not copying the device since it doesn't know when to stop.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)