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Re: Supporting non-block device installs Linux
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Yoshinori K. Okuji |
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Re: Supporting non-block device installs Linux |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Dec 2003 01:09:06 +0100 |
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On Monday 15 December 2003 12:56, Sam Mason wrote:
> included patch. The problem with the current code, is that when
> you're installing under Linux it assumes that the partitions will
> always be broken out into their own files. If, for example, I'm
> installing to "disk.img", it will try and access the first partition
> as a file called "disk.img1" (note the '1' at the end); rather than
> from the same file. This (arguably) does the right thing when
> installing to a disk under Linux; but doesn't do the right thing if
> you're working with images.
Thanks for your contribution. I thought I had fixed this problem, but it
is still present... Strange... So I will apply your patch.
Okuji