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SubjectRE: Partitioned loop device..
DateTue, 15 Jul 2003 22:32:11 +0400
From"Dimitry V. Ketov" <>
> You can already use Device-Mapper to create "partitions" on 
> your loop devices, 
You're right but I want _partitions_ but not "partitions" ;)
It should appears like a real hardware disk, not virtual one.

> so there's not much of a reason to add partitioning support 
> to the loop 
> driver itself.
There is a reason for teaching my students indeed :) that is why I ask.

> There are a variety of tools you can use to 
> set them up: EVMS, 
> LVM2, dmsetup, and I think there is/was a simple partitioning 
> tool that uses 
> DM (dmpartx?). 
It's just completely different topic for the teaching ;)
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