A different question. What is the recommended way to make lofi device to file mappings permanent?
I remember something about creating your own RC script to create the devices at boot time, but has there been any developments in this area I might have missed? -Kyle Kyle McDonald wrote: > Hi, > > I recently read that the option for compression on loopback devices was > put back recently. > This is good news. > > Where to look for more info? like: > > What compression types are supported? > > I'm specifically hoping to use it on compressed .iso files. In the PC > world there are several utilities that work (burn, mount, create, etc.) > .isz files which are compressed ISO's. I once tried to uncompress one > with gzip hwoever and it didn't like it so I'm not sure what compression > is used in a .isz. Anyone know? Can I use the same .isz on both types of > systems? > > Lastly, most of the ISO's I'll be mounting will be Solaris DVD images. > Currently I keep the .iso, and then mount it, and run > 'setup_install_server' to copy it to disk for Jumpstarts. If I were to > only keep the (compressed) .iso file, and permanently lofi mount it > where I would normally copy it to, is that enough for Jumpstart? > > At least on X86, the messages from setup_install_server imply that there > might be more 'boot image' copying going on (to places the mounted ISO > won't have???) > > -Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
