Re: kernel

[Laurent Vivier <laurent@lvivier.info>]

Le 30 juin 08 à 21:00, Petr Stehlik a écrit :

> Laurent Vivier píše v Po 30. 06. 2008 v 20:37 +0200:
> > > > and you will have problems to loop mount the disk images on the  
> > > > host.
> > >
> > > That's not true - the [PARTITION] was introduced to actually  
> > > SIMPLIFY
> > > the loop mount!
> >
> > Just a comment about the loop mount:
> >
> > I've introduced in linux 2.6.26 a patch allowing to manage partitions
> > with loop:
> > you must load loop modules with a new parameter giving the maximum
> > number of partitions per loop:
> >
> > # rmmod loop
> > # modprobe loop max_part=63
> >
> > and then you can:
> >
> > # losetup -f my_disk.img
> > # mount /dev/loop0p1 /mnt
>
> Sounds cool but please tell me - does the loop recognize the special
> Atari PTBL formats (AHDI and ICD)?


If your kernel is able to manage it on a real device it can also with  
loop.

Laurent
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