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Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 16:04:40 -0500
From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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Subject: Re: [NEW FEATURE]Partitions on loop device for 2.6
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BlaisorBlade wrote:
> NEED:
> I have the need to loop mount files containing not plain filesystems, but 
> whole disk images.
> 
> This is especially needed when using User-mode-linux, since to run any distro 
> installer you must partition the virtual disks(and on the host, the backing 
> file of the disk contains a partition table).
> 
> Currently this could be done by specifying a positive offset, but letting the 
> kernel partition code handle this is better, isn't it? Would you ever accept 
> this feature into stock kernel?

UML is on my list of things to learn (as opposed to "try casually and 
ignore") but have you considered using NBD?

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
   CTO TMR Associates, Inc
   Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979
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