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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> 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.
> --------------------------------
> mount -o loop /hd/baslinux  /tmp
> --------------------------------

I don't understand the -o and loop business so I was reluctant to try 
this.  Do you want to explain how loop works?  (You probably did before 
but maybe this time I know enough to follow).

This method of modifying BL2 baslinux.gz requires that you have it on hard 
drive.  I managed to modify BL3 and save the results to a floppy disk, 
which would make Bl3 usable on a laptop computer with dead hard drive.
With 8MB or more of RAM.

Do you have a loop-type method of modifying BL3?


> Cheers,
> Steven