2005-12-15 04:12:36

by martin

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Subject: mounting loopback device partitions

this is a wishlistish feature request.

i would like to be able to partition a loopback device,
and then mount those partitions.

sorry i couldn't find the loopback maintainer to send this to.

mew,
- martin


2005-12-15 05:48:19

by Bernd Eckenfels

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Subject: Re: mounting loopback device partitions

In article <[email protected]> you wrote:
> i would like to be able to partition a loopback device,
> and then mount those partitions.

you could place LVs on it?

Gruss
Bernd

2005-12-15 06:08:49

by Zwane Mwaikambo

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Subject: Re: mounting loopback device partitions

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, martin wrote:

> this is a wishlistish feature request.
>
> i would like to be able to partition a loopback device,
> and then mount those partitions.
>
> sorry i couldn't find the loopback maintainer to send this to.

http://www.mega-tokyo.com/osfaq2/index.php/Disk%20Images%20Under%20Linux

Good luck

2005-12-15 06:15:14

by dean gaudet

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Subject: Re: mounting loopback device partitions



On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, martin wrote:
>
> > this is a wishlistish feature request.
> >
> > i would like to be able to partition a loopback device,
> > and then mount those partitions.
> >
> > sorry i couldn't find the loopback maintainer to send this to.
>
> http://www.mega-tokyo.com/osfaq2/index.php/Disk%20Images%20Under%20Linux

the only problem with this technique is you can't set the limit for a
loopback... only the offset...

istr someone posted a script which used fdisk -l and dmsetup to create
properly offset/limited loopback partition devices... or maybe that was
just what several people said would be the cool way to solve it :)

-dean

2005-12-15 20:58:42

by dean gaudet

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Subject: Re: mounting loopback device partitions

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, dean gaudet wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, martin wrote:
> >
> > > this is a wishlistish feature request.
> > >
> > > i would like to be able to partition a loopback device,
> > > and then mount those partitions.
> > >
> > > sorry i couldn't find the loopback maintainer to send this to.
> >
> > http://www.mega-tokyo.com/osfaq2/index.php/Disk%20Images%20Under%20Linux
>
> the only problem with this technique is you can't set the limit for a
> loopback... only the offset...
>
> istr someone posted a script which used fdisk -l and dmsetup to create
> properly offset/limited loopback partition devices... or maybe that was
> just what several people said would be the cool way to solve it :)

found it...

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0307.2/0935.html

-dean

2005-12-16 01:56:15

by Zwane Mwaikambo

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Subject: Re: mounting loopback device partitions

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, dean gaudet wrote:

> > istr someone posted a script which used fdisk -l and dmsetup to create
> > properly offset/limited loopback partition devices... or maybe that was
> > just what several people said would be the cool way to solve it :)
>
> found it...
>
> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0307.2/0935.html

Well that's a lot more elaborate (and classy) =)

Thanks Dean