Aaron Optimizer Digulla wrote:
>
> I'm trying to copy the NT install files from the CD onto
> the HD image but XCopy doesn't work (it hangs the DOS from
> Win95). Can I access the HD image from Linux ? mount -o loop
> doesn't work (probably because there is a boot block before
> the actual FS data).
I will stick the following directions in the docs/ dir.
-Kevin
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Instructions for creating a loopback mount, so you can access
disk image files as normal directories under the host OS.
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NOTE: You will likely have to be root to execute the following commands.
The very first track is used for paritition info. So you
have to let the loopback know to skip it. Look at the
'spt=' option for the 'diskc' clause in your conf file. For example:
bochs-opt diskc: file=../../483M.NT40, cyl=1024, heads=15, spt=63
^^
...uses 63 sectors per track. So one track is (63 * 512bytes-per-sector),
or 32256 bytes. Pass this info to losetup, along with the loopback
device and directory mount point. You will have to create the directory
mount point if it doesn't already exist, with 'mkdir'.
root# losetup -o 32256 /dev/loop0 <path-here>/483M.NT40
root# mount /dev/loop0 /mnt/winnt/
Now you can use '/mnt/winnt' as a normal Unix directory. When
you are done, undo the process:
root# umount /dev/loop0
root# losetup -d /dev/loop0
DO NOT try to access the disk image file with a loopback mount
and plex86 at the same time!!!
