Re: [NEW FEATURE]Partitions on loop device for 2.6

From: Sean Estabrooks
Date: Wed Dec 24 2003 - 13:40:44 EST


On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 18:20:22 +0100
BlaisorBlade <blaisorblade_spam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> NEED:
> I have the need to loop mount files containing not plain filesystems,
> but whole disk images.
>

What does your proposed feature add to the kernel that can't be
accomplished with the "losetup" command and its offset parameter?

Sean
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