>>>>> "Anandanam" == Anandanam Rama Kotaiah <kotaiah@iitg.ernet.in> writes: [Please, wrap long lines to like 70 characters. Thanks.] Anandanam> hi everybody I need some information about storage Anandanam> simulator. I've got to simulate a file system environment Anandanam> so that i can define my own inode structure, file Anandanam> structure and store the files on disk.The only way for Anandanam> this i found out is to change the ext2/3.. Besides this Anandanam> are there any storage simulators where i can define the Anandanam> filesystem structures.. thnx for any help in advance How about using a plain file ? Or, if you mean from inside a kernel, how about using the loopback device ? ~velco -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/