Hi, I created a 4GB empty file with dd then mounted it as /dev/loop7 using losetup.
Then I used fdisk-amiga-cross to create an RDB and one type 11 Linux partition and one type 12 swap partition and wrote them out to the loopback device. I unmounted the file with losetup -d then remounted it as /dev/loop7 again to simulate a reboot. This is where I get stuck.... I want to do the equivalent of 'mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1' but 'mkfs.ext4 /dev/loop71 doesn't work because no such partition exists. GParted is of no use at all as it can't even see the RDB and when i tried to use it to create an RDB and two partitions it fails to create them at all. I did a hex dump of the HDF file and it shows that the RDB is correct and both partitions have been created starting from offset 0000000989 up to 0000002236. Can anyone offer me advice on how to create an ext4 filesystem on this loopback device so I can then mount it and extract the Debian 68k base image to it? Kind regards, Nik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-68k-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/capn3nq5z3al9hf-ccunjk9ujy2o0k63vhqtz154wh3xo3i3...@mail.gmail.com
