On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 12:23:04PM -0700, Bernard Li wrote: > > My guess is that the *.disk files can specify any number of > > partitions, > > but without examining the relevant code I can't comment on whether > > directories not normally found in a default file system, e.g. /data, > > would get automatically created. > > You can define partitions in a .disk file (the ones included in > oscarsamples/ are just samples, you can make your own). > > So if you want a /data partition to have 4GB, put the following in the > .disk file: > > /dev/hdaX 4096 ext3 /data defaults > > Where "X" is the partition number you want created. This will create a > partition called /data in your new image.
Yes, but will it create a directory called "data" in the root partition for /dev/hdaX to be mounted on? For /var, /usr, etc, the target directory is already there, but /data won't be unless it is explicitly created. > There are some relevant information if you do "man mksidisk" (part of > SystemInstaller). Thanks for the reference! This contains the cure for one of our remaining problems. I'll post it under an appropriate subject line. -- Ted Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://psg.com/~ted/ "If you don't look, you don't know." Dr. Sam Ting, Nobel laureate experimental physicist. Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
