From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 4 11: 7:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from web4307.mail.yahoo.com (web4307.mail.yahoo.com [216.115.104.199]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E2F037B718 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2001 11:07:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sloppyj123@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20010404180718.16316.qmail@web4307.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [208.136.71.2] by web4307.mail.yahoo.com; Wed, 04 Apr 2001 11:07:18 PDT Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 11:07:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Victor Subject: Re: A novel idea.... To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20010404080416.T12164@fw.wintelcom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It sounds like a good idea to me. From what I _think_ I understand, I can make some kind of FreeBSD boot floppy, and mount some kind of "virtual partition" containing FreeBSD that is simply a file on my Windows partition.... how far off-base am I??? If I can do this some way, what are some steps that a newbie could follow? Thanks alot, Jason --- Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Mike Bristow [010404 08:02] > wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 07:54:04AM -0700, Alfred > Perlstein wrote: > > > > > > a) use EXT2 as a backing filesystem > > > b) use a file in EXT2/msdosfs as a backing node > for a virtual > > > device: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vn&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.2-RELEASE&format=html > > > and create a filesystem in that. > > > > That's a very good idea. Performance would > probably suck rocks. > > OTOH, if you suddenly need to install X and so > need another 200M, > > growfs (available in -current only) might enable > you to grow your > > backing file, then grow the filesystem. > > or just make another vn and mount it. :) > > -- > -Alfred Perlstein - > [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] > Represent yourself, show up at BABUG > http://www.babug.org/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message