Re: Loop device

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl)
Thu, 4 Dec 1997 16:04:24 +0100 (MET)


On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Joshua Spoerri wrote:

> this is especially the case if the new implementation allows using loop
> for the root filesystem. (that allows, for instance, booting linux from
> a couple of files on a dos drive.)

Or even better, using a file on the installation CD to mount
as root-fs... like the umsdos is today.
This way we can have a clean top-level dir on the CD, and we
can run without ramdisks and the like...

grtz,

Rik.