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?
loopback mounting does not handle partition tables at all - at least up to kernel 2.6.9 (don't have newer sources here to check right now). in the past, NASA's good people created a patch for kernel 2.4 to support partitions on loop devices - it looks like this patch is dead... so, you're at the mercy of the file-system code to avoid overflows (underflows are probably limited by the loop device - i.e. writing to a position lower then the offset you mentioned during the losetup command or the mount command). -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= 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]
