Re: [Trinux-talk] minix filesystems?

[Matthew F. <mf...@ci...>]

You are right.

See http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/trinux/devtools/mkrd

It involves using losetup and/or loopback devices.

- mdf

> Hello,
>
> I'm fairly new to Linux, and very new to Trinux.
> What I'm looking to do is create a minix filesystem "in a file" (I don't
> know if this is the correct term.) like initrd, as opposed to creating a
> filesystem in a partition on a physical device.
>
> I can create minix filesystems on partitions,
> I can build an initrd.
> I can achieve what I want by making a copy of initrd, renaming it,
> mounting it, gutting it out and putting whatever files and structure I
> want in, but to me this is a very klunky and backwards way of doing
> something that seems like it could be very simple.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> ~Dave
>
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