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Subject: Re: Partitions on a loopback block device?
From: christophe varoqui <christophe.varoqui@free.fr>
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> A simple approach would be to use losetup with the offset function for
> every single parttion (while I'm not sure whether this works through 
> the CHS geometry).
> 
Or simply map the partitions with the device mapper.
Tools like partx/dmpartx may help.

regards,
cvaroqui