Hello: Is it possible to encapsulate filesystems inside partition slices (ala BSD) in Linux? Afaik, partition slices are placed inside primary partitions, and can be arbitrarily set to any number, regardless of architecture. In Linux, filesystems are encapsulated in blockdevices, loopback or network devices, as well as shared memory, and the number of partitions in a hard disk is limited by architecture and hard disk type (IDE/SCSI). Implementing a change in the partition table requires a reboot (assuming that the disk being partitioned is the disk being used, thus an update to the MBR would be needed), though I think partition slices don't exhibit this limitation (I'm not yet sure though...).
If there is a way to implement such filesystem encapsulation in Linux, can anyone recommend some references on how to go about it? I've been reading some documentation but I've yet to encounter some luck with regards to this. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
