> i need to mount partitions in an hdimage file (DOS disklabel).
> is there any chance to do this ? perhaps with the loopdev (define the
> mapping region) ?
Yes.
> but how to find out where the partitions start and end in a portable way
> ?
Use fdisk on a partitioned device and display in block units instead of
cylinders ?
> is it possible to use the code, which manages the partitions on ide and
> scsi device
> on loop devices ?
No. Because of minor number assigment differences beetween disk and loop
devices. Maybe in future, when devfs will be a standard. Far future.
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