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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > Which part was too complicated?  You gunzip baslinux.gz.
> > You mount it.  
> 
> How do you mount a file system rather than a partition?

You always mount a filesystem.  Sometimes it's
on a separate partition.  Sometimes it's on a 
floppy.  Sometimes it's in a file.

> mount /hd/baslinux.gz /tmp ?

First you gunzip baslinux.gz.  That gives you baslinux.
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mount -o loop /hd/baslinux  /tmp
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Cheers,
Steven

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