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* mounting loopback device partitions
@ 2005-12-15  4:12 martin
  2005-12-15  5:48 ` Bernd Eckenfels
  2005-12-15  6:14 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: martin @ 2005-12-15  4:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

this is a wishlistish feature request.

i would like to be able to partition a loopback device,
and then mount those partitions.

sorry i couldn't find the loopback maintainer to send this to.

mew,
 - martin

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* Re: mounting loopback device partitions
  2005-12-15  4:12 mounting loopback device partitions martin
@ 2005-12-15  5:48 ` Bernd Eckenfels
  2005-12-15  6:14 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Bernd Eckenfels @ 2005-12-15  5:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

In article <20051215041227.GF43089@faeriemud.org> you wrote:
> i would like to be able to partition a loopback device,
> and then mount those partitions.

you could place LVs on it?

Gruss
Bernd

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* Re: mounting loopback device partitions
  2005-12-15  4:12 mounting loopback device partitions martin
  2005-12-15  5:48 ` Bernd Eckenfels
@ 2005-12-15  6:14 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
  2005-12-15  6:15   ` dean gaudet
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Zwane Mwaikambo @ 2005-12-15  6:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: martin; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, martin wrote:

> this is a wishlistish feature request.
> 
> i would like to be able to partition a loopback device,
> and then mount those partitions.
> 
> sorry i couldn't find the loopback maintainer to send this to.

http://www.mega-tokyo.com/osfaq2/index.php/Disk%20Images%20Under%20Linux

Good luck


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* Re: mounting loopback device partitions
  2005-12-15  6:14 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
@ 2005-12-15  6:15   ` dean gaudet
  2005-12-15 20:58     ` dean gaudet
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: dean gaudet @ 2005-12-15  6:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Zwane Mwaikambo; +Cc: martin, linux-kernel



On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, martin wrote:
> 
> > this is a wishlistish feature request.
> > 
> > i would like to be able to partition a loopback device,
> > and then mount those partitions.
> > 
> > sorry i couldn't find the loopback maintainer to send this to.
> 
> http://www.mega-tokyo.com/osfaq2/index.php/Disk%20Images%20Under%20Linux

the only problem with this technique is you can't set the limit for a 
loopback... only the offset...

istr someone posted a script which used fdisk -l and dmsetup to create 
properly offset/limited loopback partition devices... or maybe that was 
just what several people said would be the cool way to solve it :)

-dean

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* Re: mounting loopback device partitions
  2005-12-15  6:15   ` dean gaudet
@ 2005-12-15 20:58     ` dean gaudet
  2005-12-16  2:01       ` Zwane Mwaikambo
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: dean gaudet @ 2005-12-15 20:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Zwane Mwaikambo; +Cc: martin, linux-kernel

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, dean gaudet wrote:

> 
> 
> On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, martin wrote:
> > 
> > > this is a wishlistish feature request.
> > > 
> > > i would like to be able to partition a loopback device,
> > > and then mount those partitions.
> > > 
> > > sorry i couldn't find the loopback maintainer to send this to.
> > 
> > http://www.mega-tokyo.com/osfaq2/index.php/Disk%20Images%20Under%20Linux
> 
> the only problem with this technique is you can't set the limit for a 
> loopback... only the offset...
> 
> istr someone posted a script which used fdisk -l and dmsetup to create 
> properly offset/limited loopback partition devices... or maybe that was 
> just what several people said would be the cool way to solve it :)

found it...

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0307.2/0935.html

-dean

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* Re: mounting loopback device partitions
  2005-12-15 20:58     ` dean gaudet
@ 2005-12-16  2:01       ` Zwane Mwaikambo
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Zwane Mwaikambo @ 2005-12-16  2:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dean gaudet; +Cc: martin, linux-kernel

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, dean gaudet wrote:

> > istr someone posted a script which used fdisk -l and dmsetup to create 
> > properly offset/limited loopback partition devices... or maybe that was 
> > just what several people said would be the cool way to solve it :)
> 
> found it...
> 
> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0307.2/0935.html

Well that's a lot more elaborate (and classy) =)

Thanks Dean

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