[syslinux] [RFC] make extlinux work without mount the filesystem

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 11/20/2014 10:21 PM, Robert Yang wrote:
>
> which can copy files into test.img without mount it, for example:
> $ mke2fs -t ext3 -d <rootfs_dir> -F test.img
>
> I'd like to make extlinux can work without mount the filesystem (use
> libext2fs), is it possible for extlinux, please ? And is such a patch
> acceptable, please ? (Add a "-d/--device <device>" option, and the
> option is optional).
>

I would definitely accept such a patch.  It probably makes more sense in 
the "syslinux" installer rather than "extlinux", since the former 
already operates on an unmounted filesystem.

I would also love to unify the FAT implementation.

	-hpa