Roman Zippel píše v Po 30. 06. 2008 v 20:36 +0200: > > we've discussed this already in PM - the [PARTITION] (nfblock) was > > invented to _free_ users from creating partitions so it's ridiculous to > > to say that it has a limited value because you can't create partitions > > on it :-) > > It's not just partitions.
where else is the value limited? I always thought it is very flexible compared to C/H/S driven IDE disk drives. > > ARAnyM, like most virtualization solutions, allows an access to disk > > drives. The direct access to single partitions is kind of a bonus :-) It > > is also faster and much easier to set up than disk drive access because > > you partition the disk drive on the host (which most ARAnyM users know > > how to do) and then just use the single partitions from inside of > > ARAnyM. > > I would like to have the easier setup too... One of us must be missing something obvious. Let me explain again how I think it should be working: case A) need a huge space in a disk image: 1) dd if=/dev/zero of=disk_image bs=1M count=<size_I_need> 2) set the /path/to/disk_image in the [PARTITION0] and choose the partition type it will appear under ($83 as linux ext2) 3) mke2fs - either in host OS or in ARAnyM OS. Please note the flexibility - you can create the filesystem on host where it is faster and then just mount the /dev/sda1 from linux-m68k inside. You can't do that with disk emulation easily (atari_fdisk does NOT work with disk images, AFAIK) case B) I have an existing partition on the host and want to access it from inside of linux 1) set the /path/to/disk_image and partition type in [PARTITION1] and you can start accessing the /dev/sdb1 from ARAnyM's OS. isn't this easy? Petr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
