On 8/23/05, Itay Duvdevani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When specifying an offset for the partition, can it be used safely > without specifying its limits (size) ? What if I have another > partition at the end of the one I need - isn't there a chance it will > be overwritten?
Not if the filesystem wasn't corrupted when you created the image. I also though like you that the size is required but I've just realized that filesystems usually hold their own size (which might be a little smaller than the partition) in their metadata so it doesn't even make sense to specify the partition size to the mount command - what should the filesystem driver code do in case of a conflict? Just try to mount it with the offset parameter - use "-o ro" (or is it already burbed on a RO media?). Cheers, --Amos ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
