dinstall: Expert Mode for mount
Jens> I recently tried to install Debian on a Win32 partition, which held
Jens> an 1.3Gb file, which was mounted via loopback as ext2 partition. It
Jens> was impossible to do.
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Jens> I want to have a Linux system on my girlfriends system but I don´t
Jens> want to change the partition layout.
Jens>
Jens> Maybe it is possible to add a "trial" install of Debian (without
Jens> partitioning) to dinstall later on --- even better as a system run
Jens> from CD. The only thing you would need is space on your harddisk.
That would be superb for the type of machine that are common where I work:
new shiny PIIs with huge disks, lots of RAM and NT4.0 only.
A 'non-destructive' install into a 'looproot' file would be extremely cool.
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