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

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, David Moberg wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:

> > 1.  How do I modify the loop linux initfs.gz to work with kernel 2.4.31,

> Doesn't it already work with 2.4.31? It should work as long as the
> kernel has loop, msdos, ext2, ide disk support all built in. Otherwise
> you will need to replace the 2.2.26 or 16 modules in the initfs.gz
> with the correct ones for the kernel you will be using.
>
> David

I found no modules in initfs.gz, and the kernel has all the above 
built-in. Your and my 2.4.31 kernels will NOT write to the loop 
filesystem.  They will write to mounted DOS and ext2 partitions.

How do we change config so as to write to a mounted loop?

Sindi