Intuition Amiga dixit: >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.
If your kernel has support for the Amiga partitions, this works, not just with /dev/loop7 but also with regular files: sudo kpartx -v -a /dev/loop7 This will show which (-v) and add (-a) partitions, which will then be named /dev/mapper/loop7p1 etc. (yes, /dev/mapper), but this is a generic solution, you can do this with LVM LVs or even files too ;-) But mind #680672 (although this bug is probably due to missing partition map in the kernel…?). >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? You could also just dd the Debian/m68k ext2fs image onto the partition (using dd’s “seek” parameter), then resize2fs it to your needs. (Although ext4 is probably better. Do *not* forget the “p” parameter to tar when extracting it!) //mirabilos -- <igli> exceptions: a truly awful implementation of quite a nice idea. <igli> just about the worst way you could do something like that, afaic. <igli> it's like anti-design. <mirabilos> that too… may I quote you on that? <igli> sure, tho i doubt anyone will listen ;) -- 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/pine.bsm.4.64l.1405051132380.29...@herc.mirbsd.org
