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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> >> can we mount bl3 / on /dev/hda1/bl3
> >
> > No.
>
> Want to explain why?

/dev/hda1/bl3 is meaningless.  /dev/hda1 is
a device.  It is not part of a directory tree.

> Can't you put file systems (mke2fs) on anything 
> smaller than a partition?

Sure, you can put a filesystem on a single file
(that's what fs.img is).  But you can't take a
section of an existing filesystem and reformat 
it with a different filesystem.

> Maybe in a couple of years you will find it 
> interesting to make a minimal SW81 for 'old' 
> pentium laptops with USB.

Before doing BL2 I produced a minimal SW81 for old 
PCs.  It was available for download for a few months 
but was soon overtaken by BL2 (and deleted).  You 
might find an old copy floating around somewhere.

Cheers,
Steven

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