Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 02 Aug 2000 09:47:20 +0100 | From | Adrian Cox <> | Subject | Re: [patch?] Re: Do ramdisk exec's map direct to buffer cache? |
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Adam Sampson wrote: > Linus, distributions need loopback to build boot filesystem images. Shipping > 2.4 without the loopback device isn't really an option, unless you want > distributions to ship an old kernel version just so that they can make their > boot floppies.
genext2fs does the same thing in userspace, without needing to be root: http://freshmeat.net/appindex/2000/06/05/960225379.html
It's more limited than loopback (all files on the generated system are owned by root), but it's good enough for making initrd images.
- Adrian Cox, AG Electronics
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