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

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > > --------------------------------
> > > mount -o loop /hd/baslinux  /tmp
> > > --------------------------------
> >
> > I don't understand the -o and loop business
>
> It simply says to mount /hd/baslinux as a loop
> device.  /hd/baslinux is a file.  A file cannot
> be mounted directly, so it is mapped to a device.
> mount does not do this mapping automatically, so
> you have to use the option (-o) parameter.

-o loop means to use the option 'loop' which you need in order to mount a 
file instead of a partition?

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

Can the Bl3-ramdisk version be modified using a loop?
You said it was very difficult to modify and the only way I came up with 
was to change the boot procedure to be like Bl2 ramdisk instead of us 
lilo.

> Of course.  Every modification to the BL3 root
> filesystem (loop device) is automatically recorded
> in fs.img.  No special procedure is needed.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
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