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Re: how to resize a compact flash image on disk



David Goodenough wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Have you looked at 'resize2fs' the ext2/ext3/ext4 file system resizer?
> > Seems like you should be able to loop mount your image, resize it,
> > unmount it, then truncate the file to the smaller size.  For safety
> > always keep a backup!
>
> It is ext3, the problem is that it is a disk image not a partition
> image, and as far as I know you can only mount partition images
> as a loop.

I am sure I have used losetup for this purpose in the past.
Ah... Here is a reference:

  http://madduck.net/blog/2006.10.20:loop-mounting-partitions-from-a-disk-image/

Bob

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