[aklug] Re: stick together two partitions to get a bootable image

On 01/03/2013 12:09 PM, Shane Spencer wrote:
> expound: man losetup
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 2:32 AM, Christopher Howard
> <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com
> <mailto:christopher.howard@frigidcode.com>> wrote:
>
> On 01/02/2013 01:55 PM, Shane Spencer wrote:
> > One way of doing this without a bunch of fuss is to use network block
> > devices. I've had good luck doing this with iSCSI, ATAoE, and NBD
> with
> > partition support.
> >
> > You can also get loopback block devices to support partitions if
> you're
> > cheeky.
> >
> >
>
> Can you expound upon what you meant in that last sentence about loopback
> block devices?
>
>
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I have created a loop device before. I was hoping you would explain how
they would be used to help me in this particular situation. And network
block devices as well, for that matter. I am not grasping overall what
it is you are suggesting I do.

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