>> My point was to be able to create more than one file, and to guarantee
>> their contiguousness. If I try to do that on ext2, I have to do it right
>> after the filesystem is created
>
>Yes, but I fail to see how that is any worse than an alternative which
>forces you to allocate the files when you do the mkfs!
Because (1) its slightly quicker (bogus ...) and (2) once its done, it
can't be messed up. You can't, AFAIK, "lock" an ext2 filesystem
against file creation by root. Or perhaps directory attributes can be
used this way ?
But its a moot point anyway.
--p
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