I remember there were some discussions on using a loop-mounted root file system for hosting an installation system. (Example: A CD contains a big file that contains a whole ext2 fs.) There were some Linux kernel patches for this. What's the current state of these patches and where are they. (Or are they already part of stock kernel? I haven't found them there.) Thanks, Sven -- Sven Rudolph <sr1@sax.de> http://www.sax.de/~sr1/