1*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyanconfig MINIX_FS 2*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan tristate "Minix file system support" 3*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan depends on BLOCK 4*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan help 5*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan Minix is a simple operating system used in many classes about OS's. 6*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan The minix file system (method to organize files on a hard disk 7*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan partition or a floppy disk) was the original file system for Linux, 8*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan but has been superseded by the second extended file system ext2fs. 9*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan You don't want to use the minix file system on your hard disk 10*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan because of certain built-in restrictions, but it is sometimes found 11*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan on older Linux floppy disks. This option will enlarge your kernel 12*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan by about 28 KB. If unsure, say N. 13*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan 14*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the 15*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan module will be called minix. Note that the file system of your root 16*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as 17*8b1cd7d3SAlexey Dobriyan a module. 18