Hi Michael, > > # dd if=/dev/zero of=<ext3 img> bs=1k count=62M > > 1k*62M would be much more than 620M. Duh. count=620k seems a better figure. Sorry for that. > > # tune2fs -j -c 0 -i 0 <ext3 img> > > A journal for a file to be stored on CD? I know that's a bit silly. Probably should have advised him just to use an ext2 filesystem. Here I was just explaining how to make a loopback ext3 file system. > Really? Does it work for you? I was curious enough to see what I would > get, and although cdrecord writes the raw data happily, I get this: > > # mount -t ext3 -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Strange. I actually tested this on RH 9 before submitting the post (with a smaller filesystem to save me some time burning), and I can mount it with /dev/cdrom. Now I test it again it works for /dev/cdrom (cd-reader), but fails for /dev/cdrom1 (cd-writer). Hm. Maybe something to do with scsi emulation? Bye, Leonard. -- mount -t life -o ro /dev/dna /genetic/research
