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Hack to show the PCM installer a /depot directory after the OS paritioning has been completed.

== Create the file for the FS ==
<syntaxhighlight>
# 20GB file
dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/depot.fs bs=1M count=20000
</syntaxhighlight>

== Create the file system on the file ==
You will get warned that the system is not a block device, just say 'y'
<syntaxhighlight>
[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
...
</syntaxhighlight>

== Mount the new filesystem ==
Include <tt>-o loop</tt>

<syntaxhighlight>
[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
</syntaxhighlight>

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David: Created page with "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/d..."