Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 02 Jan 2004 16:04:40 -0500 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | 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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