Quoting Adam P. Harris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > [(Dale Scheetz)] > >With a small patch to the kernel and some modification of the loop device > >code, you can create a file-system-in-a-file. > > You can do this already in stock debian (rex and hamm) with > mount -o loop -t <fs> <file> <mount point> > > Why do you need to patch the kernel for this?
I think there was a kernel patch to allow booting directly off the loopback device, without needing a floppy. Mike Stone -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
