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Latest revision as of 15:11, 2 October 2012
Hack to show the PCM installer a /depot directory after the OS paritioning has been completed.
Create the file for the FS
# 20GB file
dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/depot.fs bs=1M count=20000Create the file system on the file
You will get warned that the system is not a block device, just say 'y'
[root@icrhead home]# mkfs depot.fs
mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
depot.fs is not a block special device.
Proceed anyway? (y,n) y
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
...Mount the new filesystem
Include -o loop
[root@icrhead home]# mount -o loop depot.fs /depot/
[root@icrhead home]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
[snip]
/home/depot.fs 20G 44M 19G 1% /depot