On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 10:10 -0700, semi linux wrote: ... snip ... > Not top posting (although I think this a preference more then a rule). > > Let me clarify what I'm asking - What's different about the stage2.img > file distributed with CentOS 5.0? The instructions found on the web > for 'hacking' this don't work as the file doesn't seem to be cramfs > and/or mountable. Is it a different FS? > > As suggested, I greped /usr/share/doc/anaconda-11.1.2.36 for any > mention of "stage2" and "cram" and all are irrelevant to this post.
The CentOS5 file is squashfs not cramfs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] images]# pwd /raid/RH/CentOS/5/os/i386/images [EMAIL PROTECTED] images]# file stage2.img stage2.img: Squashfs filesystem, little endian, version 3.0, 0 bytes, 7929 inodes, blocksize: 65536 bytes, created: Tue Apr 10 15:58:33 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] images]# mount -ro loop -t squashfs stage2.img /tmp/mnt [EMAIL PROTECTED] images]# ll /tmp/mnt total 0 drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 250 Apr 10 15:41 etc drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1726 Apr 10 15:41 lib drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Apr 10 15:50 modules drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Apr 10 15:41 proc drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 85 Apr 10 15:41 usr drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 30 Apr 10 15:41 var Phil -- to-borrow-a-sig -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting a bad thing? _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
