Re: loop-root (was What's Debian's /usr/src policy)

On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Adam P. Harris wrote: > > [You (Dale Scheetz)] > >On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > >> A loop-root? > > >With a small patch to the kernel and some modification of the loop device > >code, you can create a file-system-in-a-file. > > You can do this already in st

Re: loop-root (was What's Debian's /usr/src policy)

Quoting Adam P. Harris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > [(Dale Scheetz)] > >With a small patch to the kernel and some modification of the loop device > >code, you can create a file-system-in-a-file. > > You can do this already in stock debian (rex and hamm) with > mount -o loop -t > > Why do you ne